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Installation Guideline To Odoo 16

✅ Steps to Install Odoo on Ubuntu 22.04

🔧 1. Create Workspace Directories:-

1:-  mkdir -p ~/workspace/server

2:- cd ~/workspace/server

📦 2. Clone Odoo from GitHub

1:- git clone https://github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 16.0

📝 3. Rename Odoo Folder

Rename the cloned odoo directory to match the version, 16.0C:-

1:- mv odoo 16.0C

4. Setup Python 3.10 Virtual Environment

Step into the workspace:-

1:-  cd ~/workspace

2:- mkdir virtual

3:- cd virtual

Commands for setting up virtual env for Python 3.10:-

1:- wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

2:- python3.10 get-pip.py

3:- pip3.10 install virtualenv

4:- python3.10 -m virtualenv 16.0

5:- source 16.0/bin/activate

6:- deactivate

📥 5. Install Required System Packages:-

1:- sudo apt-get update

2:- sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev \libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev \libmysqlclient-dev libjpeg-dev libpq-dev libjpeg8-dev liblcms2-dev \libblas-dev libatlas-base-dev libtiff-dev libopenjp2-7 libwebp-dev \npm node-less xfonts-75dpi

3:- sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

4:- sudo npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css

🗃️ 6. PostgreSQL Setup:-

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1;- sudo apt-get install -y postgresql

2:- sudo su - postgres

# Run this command inside PostgreSQL shell:-

1:- createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --superuser --pwprompt <SystemUser>

2:- exit

🔁 7. Activate Virtual Environment & Install Requirements

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1:- source ~/workspace/virtual/16.0/bin/activate

2:- cd ~/workspace/server/16.0C

3:- pip3.10 install wheel

4:- pip3.10 install -r requirements.txt

📄 8. Install wkhtmltopdf Dependencies

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1:- sudo wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.b

ionic_amd64.deb

2:- sudo wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb

3:- sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb

4:- sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb

5:- sudo apt install -f

NOTE: Do NOT use `apt install wkhtmltopdf`, it installs an incompatible version.

⚙️ 9. Create Configuration File

Inside server/16.0C/, create a config file:-

nano odoo16.conf

Basic conf template:-

[options]

admin_passwd = admin

db_host = False

db_port = False

db_user = <SystemUser>

db_password = False

addons_path = addons

logfile = odoo.log

🚀 10. Run the Odoo Server

From 16.0C directory:-

1:-  cd ~/workspace/server/16.0C

2:- source ~/workspace/virtual/16.0/bin/activate

3:- ./odoo-bin -c odoo16.conf

4:- Access in browser: http://<localhost:8069>