How to Install Odoo on POP! OS Latest

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:

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation process, you need to ensure that your system has the following prerequisites:

• A user account with sudo privileges
• A reliable internet connection
• Python version 3.5 or higher
• PostgreSQL database server
• git

Step 1: Update Your System

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

Step 2: Install Required Packages

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

Step 3: Install PostgreSQL

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

Step 4: Create PostgreSQL User and Database

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

Step 5: Clone the Odoo source code

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

Step 6: Create a Python virtual environment

To create a Python virtual environment, run the following commands:

sudo su -
cd /opt/odoo
python3 -m venv odoo-venv
exit

Step 7: Activate the virtual environment

To activate the virtual environment, run the following command:

source /opt/odoo/odoo-venv/bin/activate

Step 8: Install Odoo dependencies

To install the required Python dependencies for Odoo, run the following command:

pip3 install wheel
pip3 install -r /opt/odoo/requirements.txt

Step 9: Configure Odoo

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.

Step 10: Create a systemd service

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

Step 11: Start and enable the service

To start and enable the Odoo service, run the following commands:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now odoo.service

Step 12: Access Odoo

Odoo is now installed and should be accessible at http://localhost:8069.

Conclusion

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.