Deploy a wss solution from Visual Studio 2008 extension for WSS has error

It's anoying to have this error when I deploy a soltion:


The feature name XXX already exists in SharePoint. You need to rename the feature before solution deployment can succeed.

To solve this problem you can't just rename the feature as that just adds more mess. The correct approach is to go to SharePoint Central Administration webiste, in the operations web, choose Solution Management.

Find that solution that causes trouble, extract that solution. Then remove that solution from the list.

After the solution is removed, the Visual Studio 2008 can deploy it to SharePoint again.