Add, Deploy, Remove and Delete Solutions in SharePoint 2010

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.