Odoo 12 installation on Ubuntu 18.04

2 min read Mar 22 2019

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This article covers easy installation and configuration steps for Odoo 12. Odoo stands for "On Demand Open Object", it is an open source that provides all-in-one business related application and modules such as website/e-commerce, CRM, billing, accounting, manufacturing, warehouse/inventories project/timesheet management and allows customizing the user interface. Odoo developed in Python and composed of several core ERP modules, the apps are perfectly integrated with each other. Customization can be based on specific client requirement and integrated with the customized module on the existing platform.

Update all the latest versions & patches by doing an update:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Install the necessary Python libraries and the tools required to build Odoo dependencies

sudo apt install git python3-pip build-essential wget python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel libxslt-dev libzip-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev python3-setuptools node-less

Install Wkhtmltopdf:

Download the package:

wget https://builds.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12.1.3/wkhtmltox_0.12.1.3-1~bionic_amd64.deb

Install the package:

sudo apt install ./wkhtmltox_0.12.1.3-1~bionic_amd64.deb

Create the Odoo user & group that will own and run the application

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

Install & configure the database server, PostgreSQL

sudo apt-get install postgresql

Then configure the Odoo user on postgres :

First change to the postgres user to get necessary privileges to configure the database.

sudo su - postgres

Create a new database user. This is so Odoo has access rights to connect to PostgreSQL and to create and drop databases.

Note:
Remember your choice of password is here, you will need it later on.

createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt odoo

Enter password for new role: *****

Enter it again: *****

Finally exit from the postgres:

exit

Install Odoo server

Switch to the Odoo user:

sudo su - odoo -s /bin/bash

Cloning the Odoo12 from the GitHub repository:

git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 12.0 /opt/odoo/odoo

exit

Install required Python modules with pip3:

Change to to odoo path:

cd /opt/odoo/odoo

pip3 install wheel

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

create odoo.conf :

sudo vi odoo.conf

Install Odoo- login screenshot — Odoo server configuration

Note: Enter same password was entered while creating odoo DB user as db_password

sudo chmod -R 755 odoo.conf

sudo chown -R odoo:odoo odoo.conf

start odoo server:

./odoo-bin --config=odoo.conf

check server:

http://domain_or_Ip.com:8069

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