The addons path is a configuration parameter that lists the directories, which will be searched for addon modules by Odoo when it initializes a new database.
Directories listed in the addons path are expected to contain subdirectories, each of which is an addon module.
This recipe assumes you have an instance ready, with a configuration file generated as described in Chapter 1, Installing the Odoo Development Environment. The source code of Odoo is available in ~/odoo-dev/odoo
, and the configuration file is in ~/odoo-dev/my-instance.cfg
.
To add the directory ~/odoo-dev/local-addons
to the addons path of the instance, follow these steps:
Edit the configuration file for your instance
~/odoo-dev/my-instance.cfg
Locate the line starting with
addons_path =
. By default, it should look like the following:addons_path = ~/odoo-dev/odoo/openerp/addons,~/odoo-dev/odoo/addons
Modify the line by appending a comma followed by the name of the directory...