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MSBuild target package not found

I want to package my VS2010 web application project ready for deployment with msdeploy. On development machine I can do this using:

MSBuild.exe "C:\path\to\WebApp.csproj" /target:package

But on my build server I get this error:

error MSB4057: The target "package" does not exist in the project.

What am I missing on the build server?

Solution

  • I just got this working without installing VS2010 by following these steps on the build server:

    1. If .NET Framework 4 isn't installed, install it
    2. Install the Web Deployment tool from http://www.iis.net/download/webdeploy
    3. From the C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0 folder on your dev machine copy the "Web" and "Web Applications" folders to the equivalent directory on your build server.

    This seems to work for me