Step 1 – Installation of Ubuntu
Ubuntu
can be installed in any server through the setup files. Latest Ubuntu
version can be installed
from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download.
Please take care to check your system whether you have to download 32
or 64 bit OS. If you are going to use Ubuntu as default OS, then you
can continue installation after the file downloads.
After
the Ubuntu OS is installed, run the update manager to download and
install all the latest updates. This step will be deemed
finished only when you have installed Ubuntu and updated it as well.
If you’re finished, move to the next step.
Important:
While installation, you will be asked to enter name, username and a
password. Choose the following for simplicity. This manual is
written with the same credentials
Name
– XXXXXXXXX
Username
– openerp
Password
-openerp
Step
2 – Installation of Python Packages and Postgresql Database
This
step installs all the python packages and Postgresql database
required to run OpenERP. Open the terminal window found in
applications. You will see the following command prompt:
openerp@ubuntu:~$
At
this command prompt copy and paste the command shown below and press
enter.
sudo
apt-get install python-dateutil python-docutils python-feedparser
python-gdata 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 postgresqlsudo
apt-get install python-pipsudo
pip install gdata --upgrade
This
command will download, unpack and install the required python
libraries and postgresql database in the system. It will take some
time to complete and at the completion you will again the see the
command prompt as shown above.
Note: In
between the installation, you make be asked the password which is
“openerp” as given in the 1st step and you may
also be asked if you want to continue. You will have to press “y”
to continue.
This
step will be deemed finished when all the libraries and database are
installed successfully and you are at command prompt again.
Step 3 – Setup a PostgreSQL user for OpenERP
The
default superuser for PostgreSQL is called postgres. You may
need to login as this user first.
openerp@ubuntu:/$
sudo su postgres
password:
XXXXXXXXXX
Now
create PostgreSQL user openerp using the following command:
postgres@ubuntu:/home/openerp$
createuser openerp
Shall
the new role be a superuser? (y/n) y
This
step will be deemed finished when user “openerp” has been created
and you are at command prompt again.
Step
4 – OpenERP Installation
Download
the latest version of OpenERP
from
http://nightly.openerp.com/7.0/nightly/src/openerp-7.0-latest.tar.gz/.
Extract the downloaded openerp setup and put the extracted folder in
Home (openerp in this case).
Open
the terminal window found in applications. Start the installation by
typing following commands -
openerp@ubuntu:~$
cd openerp-7.0
openerp@ubuntu:~/openerp-7.0$
sudo python setup.py install
This
step installs the OpenERP in your system including server and the
client. It will take some time to complete and at the completion
you will again the see the command prompt again.
This
step will be deemed finished when user “openerp” has been created
and you are at command prompt again.
Step 5 – Starting OpenERP Server with autoscript
Open
the startup services of Ubuntu and add a new service. Enter the
following information
Name
– OpenERP
Command
– /home/openerp/openerp/openerp-7.0/openerp-server
Save
the same and close the startup services and then restart the
computer.
This
step will be deemed finished when the system has been restarted.
Step 7 – Using OpenERP
Open
the browser and type the following address http://localhost:8069/
