Build

This page describes how to build a custom version of OpenERP for Windows.

Dependencies

The first step is to build the dependencies. To do so, grab the Windows installer branch:

bzr branch lp:~openerp-groupes/openerp/win-installer-trunk

and install the packages:

• 7z465.msi
• python-2.5.2.msi
• setuptools-0.6c9.win32-py2.5.exe
• Beaker-1.4.1.tar.gz
• Mako-0.2.4.tar.gz
• pytz-2010l.win32.exe

Server

Install the packages:

• lxml-2.1.2.win32-py2.5.exe
• PIL-1.1.6.win32-py2.5.exe
• psycopg2-2.2.2.win32-py2.5-pg9.0.1-release.exe
• PyChart-1.39.win32.exe
• pydot-1.0.2.win32.exe
• python-dateutil-1.5.tar.gz
• pywin32-212.win32-py2.5.exe
• PyYAML-3.09.win32-py2.5.exe
• ReportLab-2.2.win32-py2.5.exe

Web

Install the packages:

• Babel-0.9.4-py2.5.egg
• CherryPy-3.1.2.win32.exe
• FormEncode-1.2.2.tar.gz
• simplejson-2.0.9-py2.5-win32.egg
• xlwt-0.7.2.win32.exe

Source distribution

The second step is to build a source distribution on Linux.

Server

Let’s assume you work on your own server branch named 6.0 and you want to build a server with the following modules:

• base_setup
• base_tools
• board

This implies that these modules have been linked in bin/addons by a command similar to:

ln -s ~/openerp/addons/6.0/{base_setup,base_tools,board} .

To build the server, go to the root directory and type:

python setup.py sdist --format=zip

You now have a new file in the dist directory, called openerp-server-M.m.P.zip where:

• M is the major version, example 6
• m is the minor version, example 0
• p is the patch version, example 1

Web

To build the web client, go to the root directory and type:

python setup.py sdist --format=zip

You now have a new file in the dist directory, called openerp-web-M.m.P.zip where:

• M is the major version, example 6
• m is the minor version, example 0
• p is the patch version, example 1

Binary distribution

The third step is to build a binary distribution on Windows.

Server

Open a command prompt and unzip the file:

7z x openerp-server-M.m.P.zip -oC:\openerp

Go to the win32 directory:

cd C:\openerp\openerp-server-M.m.P\win32

Generate the service exe with:

python setup.py py2exe

Go to the parent directory:

cd ..

Generate the server exe with:

python setup.py py2exe

Build the Windows installer with:

makensis setup.nsi

You now have a new file in the root directory, called openerp-server-setup-M.m.P.exe. This file is the installer that you can use the install a custom version of OpenERP.

Web

Open a command prompt and unzip the file:

7z x openerp-web-M.m.P.zip -oC:\openerp

Go to the win32 directory:

cd C:\openerp\openerp-web-M.m.P\win32

Generate the service exe with:

python setup.py py2exe

Go to the parent directory:

cd ..

Generate the web exe with:

python setup.py py2exe

Build the Windows installer with:

makensis setup.nsi

You now have a new file in the root directory, called openerp-web-setup-M.m.P.exe. This file is the installer that you can use the install a custom version of OpenERP.