Is there a way to get the FULL description of a package from the Package Manager console

Question

When running the command

Get-Package -Remote StructureMap-MVC3 

In the Package Manager Console for NuGet, it returns the following with the descriptions for the packages truncated.

Id                                                                                  Version                                                                             Description                                                                        
--                                                                                  -------                                                                             -----------                                                                        
StructureMap-MVC3                                                                   1.0.1                                                                               Adds the latest version of structuremap and configures it as the default Depende...
StructureMap-MVC3                                                                   1.0.2                                                                               Adds the latest version of structuremap and configures it as the default Depende...

Is there a way to query the full description of the package from the console?

Answer 1

Yes you can if you write something like this:

Get-Package -Remote StructureMap-MVC3 | fl

By default we show results in a concise way so more things fit in a smaller space fl (short for format list) will show the properties in a details view.