How can I manage EF 6 migrations in visual studio 2015?

Question

I started a new MVC project with EntityFramework -Version 6.1.2 using Visual Studio 2013 latest update. I made a couple of migrations and updated the database. After this I checked out the project on another computer and opened with Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6.

If I go in the package manager console and try to run any migration commands, they're not recognized:

add-migrations : The term 'add-migrations' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

How can I manage my migrations using Entity Framework 6 in Visual Studio 2015?

Answer 1

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling EntityFramwork NuGet package? I had the same issue as described and it solved it.

Answer 2

OK so I had this problem with an EF6 project I started in VS2013 and upgraded to VS2015 RC. The commands were available if I opened it in VS2013 but not in VS2015. What I found to solve the problem quickly and easily was to use the reinstall package command:

Update-Package –reinstall EntityFramework

This fixed any command missing errors and then allowed me to start database updates and create new migrations within VS2015.