Installing Open ERP on Ubuntu

Just run these commands on the terminal for using OpenERP on Ubuntu

Resolving the dependencies for OpenERP Server n running it:

sudo apt-get install python python-psycopg2 python-reportlab \
python-egenix-mxdatetime python-xml python-tz python-pychart \
python-pydot python-lxml python-libxslt1 python-vobject

cd /workspace/openerp/openerp-server-5.0.1-0

ls

./openerp-server.py


Resolving dependencies and creating superuser for postgresql:

sudo apt-get install postgresql

sudo su - postgres

createuser --createdb --no-createrole --pwprompt openuser
(Here the system will ask for a password, remember it as it will be used to configure the config.py file in tools in extracted server folder. This can be configured using the nano editor)

exit


Resolving the dependencies for OpenERP Client and then running it:

sudo apt-get install python python-gtk2 python-glade2 \
python-matplotlib python-egenix-mxdatetime python-xml python-hippocanvas

cd /workspace/openerp/openerp-client-5.0.1-0

ls

./openerp-client.py