Installing odoo v14/v15 on Ubuntu 20.04 VMWare [out-dated tuto !! ]
Summary:
1. create a virtual machine
2. virtual machine settings
3. install UBUNTU distribution
4. Install the PGI Odoo in CLI
A. Install PosteGreSQL
B. Install wkhtmltopdf
C. Get the odoo archive and create the installation file
D. Launch the installation
E. Logged in through the web interface
I. VMware WorkStation Installation & Setting up Ubunutu 20.04
- First, you need to install VMWare Work station 16 Pro (the version that I’m using in my case, you can do install a higher version ofc) on windows 10 or higher.
2. Install ubuntu 20.04 x64bit ( or higher version)
3. Open VMWare Work station then File > New Virtual Machine
Please select at least 20GB of HardDisk!
use this command to upgrade first :
apt-get upgrade
the upgrade will take a few mins to fully download
Install dpkg then you can use its commands:
apt install dpkg
You can find more about the installation on the odoo documentation: https://www.odoo.com/documentation/15.0/administration/install/install.html#prepare
Now you’re Ready to Go!
II. Odoo v14 / v 15 installation on your VMWare Ubuntu 20.04
Installation Documentation that will help you — need to check them out to verify that you’re on the right version :
Prepare
Odoo needs a PostgreSQL server to run properly. The default configuration for the Odoo ‘deb’ package is to use the PostgreSQL server on the same host as your Odoo instance. Execute the following command in order to install the PostgreSQL server:
After upgrades are done, Now you want to install PostgreSQL using the following command :
$ sudo apt install postgresql -y
Warning:
wkhtmltopdfis not installed through pip and must be installed manually in version 0.12.5 for it to support headers and footers. See our wiki for more details on the various versions.
Also you can find more info here :
https://gist.github.com/ahmadhasankhan/7fd1fcd743fdac8472f04c72289f24cfInstall Wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5–1 on Ubuntu 18.4 :
https://gist.github.com/iifast1/018ebf54d6a05362f960463114c521b5
Run the following commands ( odoo v14 on ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS ) :
# sudo apt-get purge remove wkhtmltopdf
# sudo apt autoremove
# sudo apt update
Install Wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5
Install wkhtmltopdf & wkhtmltoimage on Ubuntu / Debian
This is for higher version wkhtmltopdf version 16 but we need version 15: https://computingforgeeks.com/install-wkhtmltopdf-on-ubuntu-debian-linux/
Install WKHtmlToPDF 0.12.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 :
https://www.syntaxis.be/fr_FR/blog/notre-blog-1/post/install-wkhtmltopdf-0-12-5-on-ubuntu-20-04-6
# wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb# sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb# sudo apt install -f
- Identify the version
wkhtmltopdf --version
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sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser $(whoami)sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser bitnami
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser root
Configure Git :
apt install git
git config --global user.name Yourgithubusername
git config --global user.email YourEmailAddress@gmail.com
Clone the Odoo codebase :
mkdir ~/odoo-dev
cd ~/odoo-devgit clone -b 14.0 --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git
Create an odoo-14.0 virtual environment and activate it :
Create an odoo-14.0 virtual environment and activate it :
cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo/python3 -m venv ~/venv-odoo-14.0apt install python3.8-venvpython3 -m venv ~/venv-odoo-14.0source ~/venv-odoo-14.0/bin/activate
Install all required Python modules with pip3 :
(venv)$ pip3 install wheel
(venv)$ pip3 install -r odoo/requirements.txtOnce done, deactivate the environment by typing:
(venv)$ deactivatethen :
#STEP 1 : cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo/ #STEP 2 : # open new terminal window in here to execute these line as root ( bitnami ) , so you don't get error you should get off the previous step (venv-odoo-14.0) then you will get no error !!! cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo/#execute this if command 'pip3' not found !
apt install python3-pip
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
#Step 6 : Install Python PIP Dependencies
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libffi-dev
sudo -H pip3 install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odoo/odoo/master/requirements.txt
# finally : pip3 install -r requirements.txt
..
To run odoo :
# cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo
# python3 odoo-binfind out your Ip address :
# apt install net-tools
# ifconfigAfter running the app, open your browser then go to the following link :
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Before creating the DataBase, just make sure you have the superuser already :
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser $(whoami)sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser bitnami
sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser root
to create the odoo-testDataBase, Open new terminal then type the following commands :
Create and start your first Odoo instances :
To create odoo-test database : $ createdb odoo-testTo start your first Odoo instances:# cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo# python3 odoo-bin -d odoo-test -i base --addons-path=addons --db-filter=odoo-test$
Postgre SQL DB database manipulations :
$ sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-client
$ sudo -u postgres createuser -s $USER
$ createdb $DB_NAME #Create a database
$ dropdb $DB_NAME #Drop a database$ psql $DB_NAME #Connect to a database
\l #List all the available databases
\dt #List all the tables of the $DB_NAME database
\d $TABLE_NAME #Show the structure of the table $TABLE_NAME
\q #Quit the psql environment (ctrl + d)
As follows you will be to see your odoo-test database in the databases list :
Install Python Dependencies :
$ sudo -s $ sudo apt-get update$ 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 libpng12-0 libjpeg-dev gdebi -y
If you get the following error :
E:Package ‘libpng12–0’ has no installation candidateThen execute this command :
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/libpng12$ sudo apt update$ sudo apt install libpng12-0
and It will be fixed
You can find more info about it here :
Fix libpng12–0 Missing In Ubuntu 18.04, 19.10, 20.04 Or 20.10 : https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/fix-libpng12-0-missing-in-ubuntu-1804.html
Steps To Install Odoo 14 In Ubuntu 18.04: https://www.candidroot.com/blog/our-candidroot-blog-1/post/how-to-install-odoo-14-on-ubuntu-18-04-66
HOW TO INSTALL ODOO 14 ON UBUNTU 20.04: https://technostore360.com/how-to-install-odoo-14-on-ubuntu-20-04/
Install Python PIP Dependencies :
$ cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo$ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libffi-dev
$ sudo -H pip3 install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odoo/odoo/master/requirements.txt
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
.
$ cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo$ python3 odoo-bin -d odoo-test -i base --addons-path=addons --db-filter=odoo-test$
After running odoo and not seeing anything on the https://localhost:8069/
If you need RTL support, please install node and rtlcss via the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm -y$ sudo npm install -g rtlcss
Helpful Links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJTX7pJxpLI
https://medium.com/pythoneers/9-different-ways-to-embedded-code-in-medium-9213cb4c0a2e
https://techtutorguro.com/how-to-install-odoo-14-on-ubuntu-20-04/#6_Odoo_14_installation_and_configuration
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-odoo-14-on-ubuntu-20-04/
Errors (VMWare 16 pro):
To avoid getting errors consider taking snapshots of your virtual machine using VMWare. so when an error occurs and you can’t figure it out, you can go back to the previous snapshot (version).
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How to Execute :
sudo -s
cd ~/odoo-dev/odoo
python3 odoo-bin -i base -d odoo-test
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