(Odoo Series) - #Simple Odoo Development on Ubuntu Desktop

Odoo Development Setup Guide: A Comprehensive Tutorial

Odoo, formerly OpenERP, is a leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system boasting over 7 million users worldwide. This tutorial guides you through setting up an Odoo v16 Community Edition development environment on Ubuntu. This is the first in a series detailing Odoo application development.

Prerequisites:

• An Ubuntu system.
• Basic familiarity with the command line.

Step 1: System Updates & PostgreSQL Installation

Ensure your system libraries are up-to-date:

sudo apt update

Install PostgreSQL. Refer to the official PostgreSQL documentation for detailed installation instructions. (Link to documentation would go here if provided in original)

Step 2: Create a PostgreSQL User

Create a dedicated user for Odoo within PostgreSQL:

sudo su - postgres
createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt <your_odoo_username>
exit

Replace <your_odoo_username> with your desired username.

Step 3: Configure pg_hba.conf

Edit the pg_hba.conf file:

sudo gedit /etc/postgresql/<your_postgresql_version>/main/pg_hba.conf

Change peer to md5 on lines 90, 95, and 102. (Screenshots showing the before and after states would be inserted here. Original image links are maintained.)

Restart PostgreSQL:

sudo service postgresql restart

Step 4: Download and Organize Odoo

Download Odoo v16 Community Edition:

wget https://nightly.odoo.com/16.0/nightly/src/odoo_16.0.latest.tar.gz

A. Project Directory Structure: Create a Projects directory on your Ubuntu desktop.

B. Odoo Directory: Extract the downloaded Odoo archive into the Projects directory. The resulting directory structure should resemble this:

C. Configuration File: Create a conf directory within your Odoo directory and create an odoo.conf file inside it. Populate it with your configuration details. (Screenshot of the odoo.conf file would be inserted here. Original image link is maintained.)

D. Odoo Server Rename: Copy the odoo file from the setup directory, move it to the root project directory, and rename it to odoo-server.

Step 5: Install Dependencies

Install required libraries:

sudo apt update

Install WKHTMLTOPDF:

sudo su - postgres
createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt <your_odoo_username>
exit

Step 6: Virtual Environment & Odoo Run

Create a virtual environment:

sudo gedit /etc/postgresql/<your_postgresql_version>/main/pg_hba.conf

Activate the environment and install requirements (assuming you have a requirements.txt file):

sudo service postgresql restart

(Screenshot of requirements.txt file would be inserted here if provided in the original.)

Finally, run Odoo:

wget https://nightly.odoo.com/16.0/nightly/src/odoo_16.0.latest.tar.gz

This completes the Odoo development environment setup. Stay tuned for the next part in this series!

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