How to deploy SharePoint 2010 Solution Package – the wsp file

What is a Solution Package?


A solution is a deployable, reusable package that can contain a set of Features, site definitions, and assemblies that apply to sites, and that you can enable or disable individually. You can use the solution file to deploy the contents of a Web Part package, including assemblies, class resources, .dwp files, and other package components. A solution file has a .wsp file extension.

How to add the solution to the sharepoint farm and then deploy it to a particular web application is discussed below.

1. Adding solution package to the server

stsadm.exe -o addsolution -filename myEventCalendarList.wsp

OR

Use the complete location of the file, for example:

stsadm.exe -o addsolution -filename “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN\Solution\myEventCalendarList.wsp”

2. Deploying the Solution


Deploy the solution using the following command:


stsadm -o deploysolution -name myEventCalendarList.wsp -url http://sp-dev/ -local -force

Here( -url) means the web application where to deploy the solution.

OR

Goto, Central Administration > System Settings >Manage farm solutions

Now click your solution from the list (for example, myEventCalendarList.wsp).

a)  Now click Deploy Solution and select the web application where you want to deploy the solution (example, http://sp-dev here), Click OK when you are done.

b) And finally you will have your solution deployed status like the following.

  You are done with deployment.  
OPTIONAL STEP (You can do it when necessary):

Now you have to enable this feature at the website to use it. To do it follow these steps:

3. Enable the features at the website>>

Go to your Site settings> Site Collection Administration > Site collection features

And activate the feature (myEventCalendarList ,for example) that you have installed. And add that webpart to your site to test.

Hope it helps.