Open ERP Server Installation

Installing the required packages

You need to install python (at least version 2.4).

You also need to install the following python libraries:

• psycopg2
• reportlab
• pychart
• pydot
• mxdatetime
• xml, lxml and libxslt1
• tz (timezone library)
• PIL: Python Imaging Library (required for reportlab)
• vobject: iCalendar and VCards parsing

Example on Ubuntu

On Ubuntu, these libraries are available in the following packages:

• python
• python-psycopg2
• python-reportlab
• python-pychart
• python-pydot
• python-egenix-mxdatetime
• python-xml
• python-lxml
• python-libxslt1
• python-tz
• python-imaging
• python-vobject

To install the required libraries, you can do the following in your favorite shell:

sudo apt-get install python python-psycopg2 python-reportlab \
     python-egenix-mxdatetime python-xml python-tz python-pychart \
     python-pydot python-lxml python-libxslt1 python-vobject

Note

There is no need to explicitly install python-imaging since it’s required by python-reportlab. The apt-get utility will install all these packages with their required dependencies.

Downloading the Open ERP Server

The OpenERP server can be downloaded from the OpenERP website’s download page

Testing the Open ERP Server

Note

If you only want to test the server, you do not need to install it. Just unpack the archive and start the openerp-server executable:

tar -xzf openerp-server-5.0.0.tar.gz
cd openerp-server-5.0.0/bin
python openerp-server.py

The list of available command line parameters can be obtained with the -h command line switch:

python openerp-server.py -h

Installing the Open ERP Server

The Open ERP Server can be installed very easily using the setup.py file:

tar -xzf openerp-server-5.0.0.tar.gz
cd openerp-server-5.0.0
sudo python setup.py install

If your PostgreSQL server is up and running, you can now run the server using the following command:

openerp-server

If you don’t already have a PostgreSQL server up and running, you can read the PostgreSQL Server installation and configuration.