You're reading from Working with Odoo Learn how to use Odoo, a resourceful, open source business application platform designed to transform and modernize your business

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784394554

Length 432 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Odoo

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Greg Moss

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Setting Up Odoo FREE CHAPTER

2. Installing Your First Application

3. Exploring Customer Relationship Management in Odoo

4. Purchasing with Odoo

5. Making Goods with Manufacturing Resource Planning

6. Configuring Accounting Finance

7. Administering an Odoo Installation

8. Implementing the Human Resources Application

9. Understanding Project Management

10. Creating Advanced Searches and Dashboards

11. Building a Website with Odoo

12. Implementing E-Commerce with Odoo

13. Customizing Odoo for Your Business

14. Modifying Documents and Reports

15. Understanding Workflows

16. Discovering Custom Odoo Modules

A. Locating Additional Odoo Resources

Index

Installing Odoo on Windows OS

We begin our installation by locating the packages that are currently available to install. You can find the current list at http://nightly.odoo.com/.

The preceding screenshot is the Odoo Nightly builds page that is the jumping off point for downloading the source files for installation.

The examples and case studies in this book use Odoo 8.0. This means you should select the 8.0 LTS (stable) version of Odoo to download. You can navigate directly to the 8.0 Odoo downloads here http://nightly.odoo.com/8.0/nightly/.

Tip

It is entirely possible that Odoo will change the URL as new versions are released. To best follow the examples in this book, download an 8.x installation of Odoo.

Windows installations use the EXE packages. Click on the exe directory to get the list of downloads that are available.

Naturally, the specific download packages are going to change on a nightly basis.

The latest version of the stable LTS release will contain the most current Odoo built with bug fixes included and will appear at the bottom of the list. By the way, the upload dates you'll see are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, therefore, might be many hours ahead of your time zone, especially if you live in the Western Hemisphere.

Performing an all-in-one Odoo installation on Windows

Installing Odoo using the all-in-one package is very simple. After the package has finished downloading, double-click on the .exe file to begin the installation wizard.

The first screen will prompt you to select the language for your installation.

After you have selected the language and clicked on OK, the wizard will continue with the installation. From here, everything will continue like a normal Windows installation.

Tip

I highly recommend that you choose the Custom install, so you can select the directory for installation. The default directory name contains the lengthy build number making it rather difficult to work with in the command prompt.

Configuring Postgres on Windows

During the installation, you will be asked to provide information for the PostgreSQL connection.

It is recommended that you change the username and password for security purposes. These values will be written into the Odoo configuration file. The username and password provided will be the administration credentials for the PostgreSQL database, so be sure to remember them.

After the wizard is complete, if you leave Start Odoo checked and then click on Finish, Odoo should open up in your default browser.

If Odoo fails to launch, you can look at the Troubleshooting Odoo Installations section later in this chapter for solutions to some of the problems commonly encountered during installation.