Installing Odoo on Windows OS

We begin our installation by locating the packages that are currently available to install. You can find the current list at http://nightly.odoo.com/:

The preceding screenshot is the Odoo Nightly builds page, which is the jumping-off point for downloading the source files for installation.

The examples and case studies in this book use Odoo 11.0. This means you should select the 11.0 (stable) version of Odoo to download. You can navigate directly to the Odoo 11.0 downloads here: http://nightly.odoo.com/11.0/nightly/.

It is entirely possible that Odoo will change the URL as new versions are released. To best follow the examples in this book, download an 11.x installation of Odoo.

Windows installations use the EXE packages. Click on the exe/ directory to get the list of downloads that are available.

Naturally, the specific download packages are going to change on a nightly basis.

The latest version of the stable LTS release will contain the most current Odoo build, with bug fixes included, and will appear at the bottom of the list. By the way, the upload dates you'll see are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and therefore might be many hours ahead of your time zone, especially if you live in the Western Hemisphere.

Click the latest EXE file to download the latest build to your computer.

Performing an all-in-one Odoo installation on Windows

Installing Odoo using the all-in-one package is very simple. After the package has finished downloading, double-click on the .exe file to begin the installation wizard.

The first screen will prompt you to select the language for your installation.

After you have selected the language and clicked on OK, the wizard will continue with the installation. From here, everything will continue like a normal Windows installation.

I highly recommend that you choose Custom install, so you can select the directory for installation. The default directory name contains the lengthy build number, making it rather difficult to work with in the command prompt.

Configuring PostgresSQL on Windows

During the install, you will be asked to provide information for the PostgreSQL connection.

It is recommended that you change the username and password for security purposes. The default username/password is shown in the preceding screenshot. These values will be written into the Odoo configuration file. The username and password provided will be the administration credentials for the PostgreSQL database, so be sure to remember them.

After the wizard is complete, if you leave Start Odoo checked and then click on Finish, Odoo should open up in your default browser.

If Odoo fails to launch, you can look at the Troubleshooting and Odoo management tips section later in this chapter for solutions to some of the problems commonly encountered during installation.