Installing OFBiz on OpenSUSE Latest

OFBiz is an open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that provides a set of modular applications that help businesses manage their operations. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing OFBiz on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing OFBiz, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• OpenSUSE Latest is installed on your system
• Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8 or later is installed on your system
• Apache Ant is installed on your system

You can install the JDK and Apache Ant using the following command:

sudo zypper install java-11-openjdk-devel ant

Download and extract OFBiz

1. Visit the OFBiz website at https://ofbiz.apache.org/.
2. Click on the "Downloads" link in the menu.
3. Scroll down to the "Stable Releases" section and click on the latest stable release.
4. Click on the "Download" button next to the "Binary" option.
5. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded ZIP file to a directory of your choice.

For example, to extract the downloaded file to /opt/ofbiz, run the following command:

sudo unzip apache-ofbiz-17.12.03.zip -d /opt/ofbiz

Start the OFBiz server

1. Change to the OFBiz directory:

cd /opt/ofbiz/apache-ofbiz-17.12.03

2. Run the following command to start the OFBiz server:

./gradlew ofbiz

3. Wait until you see the following message:

OFBiz is started and ready for login at https://localhost:8443/

4. Open a web browser and go to https://localhost:8443/.
5. The first time you access OFBiz, you will be prompted to create an administrator account.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed OFBiz on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start using it to manage your business operations. For more information about OFBiz, please refer to the official documentation at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/.

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