What is solution package?
A solution package is a distribution package that delivers your custom SharePoint Server 2010 development work to the Web servers or the application servers in your server farm.
-Adding and Deploying Solutions in SharePoint 2010-
· How to add solution package SharePoint 2010?
· How to add a .WSP in SharePoint 2010?
Add solution with STSADM: stsadm.exe -o addsolution -filename yoursolutionpackage.wsp
Add solution with PowerShell: Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath <SolutionPath>
-Deploy Solution in SharePoint 2010-
· Deploy Solution using Central Administration
· Deploy Solution using stsadm.exe
· Deploy Solution using PowerShell
Deploy Solution using Central Administration
· Central Administration
· System Settings
· Manage farm solutions
· Now click your solution from the list (for example, yoursolutionname.wsp).
· Now click Deploy Solution and select the web application where you want to deploy the solution (example, http://sp-mach here), Click OK when you are done.
· Click Deploy Solution
· You are done with deployment.
Deploy Solution using STSADM.EXE
stsadm -o deploysolution -name yoursolutionpackagename.wsp -url http://sp-mach/ -local -force
Here (-URL) means the web application where to deploy the solution.
Deploy Solution using PowerShell
Install-SPSolution -Identity <SolutionName> -WebApplication <URLname>
§ <SolutionName> is the name of the solution.
§ <URLname> is the URL of the Web application to which you want to deploy the imported solution.
Uninstallation and Retraction of a Solution in SharePoint 2010
Follow the steps for STSADM:
Open command prompt and navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN
Use the stsadm command = stsadm -o retractsolution -name solutionName.wsp -immediate
And then remove the wsp = stsadm -o deletesolution -name solutionName.wsp
Follow the steps for PowerShell:
Go to All Programs --Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products --SharePoint 2010 Management Shell --Run as administrator
Uninstall-SPSolution -identity solutionName.wsp
Remove-SPSolution -identity solutionName.wsp
If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thank you.
