How to update from Microsoft.NetCore.App 2.0 to 2.1.4

Question

I created an ASP.NET Core Web API project in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.2.

When I created it, it was Microsoft.NetCore.App 2.0.

Now I want to update to Microsoft.NetCore.App 2.1.4 but I can't because Visual Studio tells me:

Implicitly referenced by an SDK. To update the package, update the SDK to which it belongs

I download the latest version of .NET Core and I installed it, but I got the same issue.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Don't confuse SDK (=> Build tools) versions with .NET Core versions.

The 2.1.* SDK versioning was unfortunate, the versioning scheme has since been changed and the scheme transition will be (mostly) complete with the release of .NET Core 2.1.

You don't need to update the Microsoft.NETCore.App NuGet package as it only contains build references needed to build your application.

For self-contained applications, you can also set the <RuntimeFrameworkVersion> property inside the csproj file, but starting with the .NET Core SDK 2.1.300, you no longer need to as it will know about the latest versions.