It sounds like the Add-SPSolution call is failing, so it’s not being added to SharePoint and not able to be deployed. Is there another error message prior to this one? I’d probably try a manual deploy – you can just call

Add-SPSolution pathtowspfile

This will add the solution to SharePoint, and then you should be able to deploy it via Central Admin – Manage Farm Solutions.

Chris thanks so much for your concerted effort. I get error when i try to deploy the FBA pack with or without my site url. I would apprciate if you probably post what the issue might likely be.

cannot find a feature object with path or id fba management in scope local farm

I think the url you’re passing as a parameter is your central admin url. It needs to be the url to the site collection where the fba pack should be activated.

Alternatively, you can just run ./deploy, and it will not activate on any site collection. Then you can go to the Site Collection -> Site Settings -> Site Collection Features, and activate the Forms Based Authentication Management feature.

I am trying to install the FBA pack in sharepoint 2013 using Window Powershell But its giving error.Below is the error details

PS C:\Users\Administrator> cd C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3> ./deploy http://server:80/
Existing Timer job found. Deleting
Going to uninstall feature
uninstall-spfeature : Cannot find a Feature object with Path or Id: FBAManagement in scope Local farm.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3\UnDeploy.ps1:59 char:2
+ uninstall-spfeature -identity $featureName -confirm:$false -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share…ninstallFeature:SPCmdletUninstallFeature) [Uninstall-SPF
eature], SPCmdletPipeBindException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletUninstallFeature

Going to uninstall solution
Uninstall-SPSolution : Cannot uninstall the LanguagePack 0 because it is not deployed.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3\UnDeploy.ps1:62 char:2
+ Uninstall-SPSolution -identity $solutionName -allwebapplications -confirm:$fal …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share…installSolution:SPCmdletUninstallSolution) [Uninstall-SP
Solution], SPCmdletException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletUninstallSolution

Waiting for job to finish
Timer job not found
Going to remove solution
Going to add solution

Name SolutionId Deployed
—- ———- ——–
visigo.sharepoint.formsbase… 956715d5-f34c-4b00-bfb7-8c35d5fa0f62 False
Going to install solution to all web applications
Waiting for job to finish
Waiting to finish job solution-deployment-visigo.sharepoint.formsbasedauthentication.wsp-0..Finished waiting for job..
Deactivating/activating active features to ensure activation script is run
Get-SPFeature : Cannot find a Feature object with Path or Id: FBAManagement in scope Local farm.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3\Activate.ps1:3 char:13
+ $feature = Get-SPFeature $featureName
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share…mdletGetFeature:SPCmdletGetFeature) [Get-SPFeature], SPC
mdletPipeBindException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletGetFeature

Cannot find an overload for “QueryFeatures” and the argument count: “1”.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3\Activate.ps1:4 char:2
+ $features = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService. …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodCountCouldNotFindBest

Going to enable Feature
Enable-spfeature : The Feature is not a Farm Level Feature and is not found in a Site level defined by the Url
http://server:80/.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\SharePoint2013FBAPack.1.3.3\Activate.ps1:29 char:2
+ Enable-spfeature -identity $featureName -confirm:$false -url $url
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share…etEnableFeature:SPCmdletEnableFeature) [Enable-SPFeature
], SPCmdletException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletEnableFeature

Open powershell
cd \users\administrator\desktop\Sharepoint2010fbapack.1.3.1
.\deploy http://demo2010a:13824

How to install the fba pack in Sharepoint 2010.
http://sharepoint2010fba.codeplex.com/documentation
According to the above link i have to install this using
e.g. .\deploy http://demo2010a:13824/.

if my folder location C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\SharePoint2010FBAPack.1.3.1
and my webiste URl is http://demo2010a:13824 then how to delopy it.

So the release version of the FBA Pack installs fine with the deploy scripts and you are just having issues deploying it from Visual Studio?

Interesting, I haven’t heard of an Error Code 1. The only issues i’ve heard of while building the solution is if the folder is placed too deep – resulting in path names that are too long.

If it gets built and deployed fine, but you can’t see the web parts, make sure that the feature has been activated in the Site Collection you are working on (Sites Settins -> Site Collection Features).

Before you build it for the first time, you need to put a url to your Site Collection in the project properties. When VS deploys it, it will activate the feature on that site collection. So as long as you do your testing on the same site collection you enter in Visual Studio, it should already be deployed and activated there.

Firstly let me say this, that your work is awesome. I have installed the .wsp file and it is working great. However when i downloaded the solution, I was unable to deploy the solution. Infact when i tried to Build the solution it gave me an Error COde 1. I googled it and found that the error could be resolved if i keep the solution in my C:. The Solution now gets Build and Deployed. How ever I am not able to see the Web Parts that have been deployed using the new soution.

Can u guide me through this please.?

http://csharpdotnetfreak.blogspot.com/2012/08/sharepoint2010-forms-based-authentication-fba-claims.html

There’s no way to do it through configuration. You can edit the code to add the additional fields.