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 following 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 12.0. This means you should select the 12.0 (stable) version of Odoo to download. You can navigate directly to the Odoo 12.0 downloads at http://nightly.odoo.com/12.0/nightly/, and you should see a screen similar to the following screenshot:

It is entirely possible that Odoo will change the URL as new versions are released. To best follow the examples in this book, download a 12.x installation of Odoo.

Windows installations of Odoo use 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 most current 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 install.

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 installation on Windows.

I highly recommend that you choose the 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 Command Prompt.

Configuring Postgres on Windows

During the installation, you will be asked to provide information for the PostgreSQL connection, as in the following screenshot:

It is recommended that you change the default username and password for security purposes. 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 a new tab of 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.