Installing Odoo 8

Here is the EASIEST way to Install Odoo 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 from GitHub. You are 15 steps away from exploring Next Big Revolution: “Odoo 8″. Open the terminal and execute below commands step-by-step to achieve excellence.

Step 1

Update apt source list 

 sudo apt-get update

Step 2

Install Updates 

sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 3

Install Python Dependencies for Odoo 8 

sudo apt-get install python-dateutil python-docutils python-feedparser python-jinja2 python-ldap python-libxslt1 python-lxml python-mako python-mock python-openid python-psycopg2 python-psutil python-pybabel python-pychart python-pydot python-pyparsing python-reportlab python-simplejson python-tz python-unittest2 python-vatnumber python-vobject python-webdav python-werkzeug python-xlwt python-yaml python-zsi poppler-utils python-pip python-pyPdf python-passlib python-decorator

Step 4

Install supporting packages for Odoo 8 

sudo apt-get install gcc python-dev mc bzr python-setuptools python-babel python-feedparser python-reportlab-accel python-zsi python-openssl python-egenix-mxdatetime python-jinja2 python-unittest2 python-mock python-docutils lptools make python-psutil python-paramiko poppler-utils python-pdftools antiword 

Step 5

Install PostgreSQL and GIT 

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3

Step 6

Create Database user for OpenERP Odoo 

sudo su postgres
postgres@openerp-desktop:/$ createuser -s openerp
postgres@openerp-desktop:/$ createuser -s system_name
postgres@openerp-desktop:/$ exit

Step 7

Create Odoo user and group

 sudo adduser --system --home=/opt/openerp --group openerp

Step 8

Download & Install Gdata 

cd /opt/openerp
sudo wget http://gdata-python-client.googlecode.com/files/gdata-2.0.17.tar.gz
sudo tar zxvf gdata-2.0.17.tar.gz
sudo chown -R openerp: gdata-2.0.17
sudo -s
cd gdata-2.0.17/
python setup.py install
exit

Step 9

Get lastest Odoo 8 from github repositoryDownload the Zip file from URL : 

“https://github.com/odoo/odoo/tree/8.0″ . 

Open Folder by command

 sudo su nautilus /opt/openerp
 
Now copy the unzip downloaded folder in opened window OR clone direct to the system from GitHub Repository by command :

git clone https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git --branch 8.0
sudo chown -R openerp: odoo-8.0

Step 10

Create folder for custom and test addons (OPTIONAL) 

sudo mkdir custom-addons test-addons
sudo chown -R openerp: custom-addons
sudo chown -R openerp: test-addons

Step 11

Create Odoo Log File 

sudo mkdir /var/log/openerp
sudo chown -R openerp:root /var/log/openerp

Step 12

Edit Odoo configuration file 

sudo cp /opt/openerp/odoo-8.0/debian/openerp-server.conf /etc/openerp-server.conf
sudo chown openerp: /etc/openerp-server.conf
sudo gedit /etc/openerp-server.conf
 
#Copy and paste below content in config file , write correct addons paths
[options]
; This is the password that allows database operations:
admin_passwd = PASSWORD
db_host = False
db_port = False
db_user = odoo
db_password = False
addons_path = /opt/openerp/odoo-8.0/addons
;Log settings
logfile = /var/log/openerp/openerp-server.log
log_level = error

Step 13

Setup Odoo service file 

sudo cp /opt/openerp/odoo-8.0/openerp-server /etc/init.d/openerp-server
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/openerp-server
sudo chown root: /etc/init.d/openerp-server

Step 14

Now Start Odoo Server

 cd /opt/openerp/odoo
./openerp-server

Step 15

Go to web browser to access Odoo 8 

http://localhost:8069
 

Following are the other extra commands to be used while installing and using OpenERP when unusual error occurred such as:
Error 1. “Address already in use “: Then check the port through

ps aux | grep openerp
locate openerp
kill -9 portno.

Error 2. “Module or dependency not found”: then install that through

sudo apt-get install name_dependency

Error 3. “ImportError No module named ‘requests’ or ‘openerp’” : then follow below commands

cd /opt/openerp/odoo
sudo python setup.py install

Now you can start exploring new OpenERP i.e Odoo 8.