Odoo has a Debian or Ubuntu package available for installation. Using one will provide a working server process that automatically starts on system boot. This installation process is straightforward, and you can find all you'll need at https://nightly.odoo.com. You can also find the rpm
builds for CentOS and the .exe
installers there.
While this is an easy and convenient way to install Odoo, most integrators prefer to deploy and run version-controlled source code. This provides better control over what is deployed and makes it easier to manage changes and fixes once in production.
When using a Debian distribution, by default your login is root
with administrator powers, and your Command Prompt shows #
. On Ubuntu systems, the root
account is disabled, and the initial user configured during the installation process is a sudoer, meaning it's allowed to use the sudo
command to run commands with root
privileges.
First, we should update the...