Why does Nuget show EF V6 and References shows V4?

Asked May 07 '17 at 15:09

Active May 07 '17 at 15:39

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I am getting this error:

Assembly 'Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework' with identity 'Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' uses 'EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'EntityFramework' with identity 'EntityFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

Which I am interpreting as:

"You've got V4. We need V6."

Now, when I check the version in Nuget Package Manager it says I have V6.1.3 installed.

But looking at the references section in the Solution Explorer shows V4.

Why is the references showing V4 when V6.1.3 is installed?

Update

I uninstalled everything that depended on EF and finally EF itself.

After reinstalling them all, the References section now shows V6 (though runtime version is still set to 4).

I would still like to understand why there might be differences between the two.

edited May 07 '17 at 15:39

asked May 07 '17 at 15:09

Martin Hansen Lennox

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That is correct. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8573942/what-is-the-difference-between-version-and-runtime-version-in-net – Steve Greene May 07 '17 at 15:56
Ta, that's helpful to know – Martin Hansen Lennox May 07 '17 at 20:37

Why does Nuget show EF V6 and References shows V4?

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