Odoo is a free, open-source CRM and ERP software that can help businesses manage their finances, inventory, sales, and more. To install Odoo on your POP! OS latest, follow these steps:
Before you proceed with the installation process, you need to ensure that your system has the following prerequisites:
Before installing any software, it's always advisable to update your system. To do that, open your terminal application and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
To install the necessary packages for Odoo, you need to run the following commands:
sudo apt install git python3-pip build-essential wget python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel libssl-dev libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev nodejs npm -y
Odoo requires a database server to store its data. It’s recommended that you install PostgreSQL as your database server. To do that, run the following commands:
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib -y
To create a new PostgreSQL user and database, run the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
createuser --createdb --username postgres --no-createrole --no-superuser odoo
createdb --username postgres --owner=odoo --encoding=UTF8 --template=template0 odoo
exit
To clone Odoo’s source code, run the following commands:
sudo su -
git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 14.0 /opt/odoo
exit
To create a Python virtual environment, run the following commands:
sudo su -
cd /opt/odoo
python3 -m venv odoo-venv
exit
To activate the virtual environment, run the following command:
source /opt/odoo/odoo-venv/bin/activate
To install the required Python dependencies for Odoo, run the following command:
pip3 install wheel
pip3 install -r /opt/odoo/requirements.txt
To configure Odoo, create a configuration file called odoo.conf in the /etc directory by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/odoo.conf
Add the following content:
[options]
; This is the password that allows database operations:
admin_passwd = your_password
db_host = False
db_port = False
db_user = odoo
db_name = odoo
addons_path = /opt/odoo/addons,/opt/odoo/odoo/addons
Replace your_password with your own password.
To create a systemd service for Odoo, create a file called odoo.service in the /etc/systemd/system directory by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/odoo.service
Add the following content:
[Unit]
Description=Odoo
After=network.target
[Service]
User=root
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/opt/odoo
ExecStart=/opt/odoo/odoo-venv/bin/python3 /opt/odoo/odoo-bin -c /etc/odoo.conf
StandardOutput=journal+console
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
To start and enable the Odoo service, run the following commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now odoo.service
Odoo is now installed and should be accessible at http://localhost:8069.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Odoo on your POP! OS latest. If you have any problems or issues with the installation, please feel free to seek help from the Odoo community or consult the official documentation.
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