How to Install Odoo on Arch Linux

How-to-Install-Odoo-on-Arch-Linux.md

How to Install Odoo on Arch Linux?

1. Install the Odoo AUR package.

$  yay -S odoo

2. Configuring PostgreSQL to run with Odoo It is necessary to create a new PostgreSQL user for Odoo. For that log in as the default PostgreSQL superuser, 'postgres', by executing the following command:

$ sudo -i -u postgres

3. If the PostgreSQL instance has not been initialized yet

[postgres]$ initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data

4. Exit the postgres user account

[postgres]$ exit

5. Enable and start the PostgreSQL service to start automatically at every boot

$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql
$ sudo systemctl start postgresql

6. Create the database user (called role in the PostgreSQL ) odoo with the command that follows

$ sudo -i -u postgres
[postgres]$ createdb odoo
[postgres]$ createuser odoo --createdb --login --no-superuser --no-createrole --pwprompt
[postgres]$ exit

The configuration file of Odoo is located at /etc/odoo/odoo.conf. Specify the db_user and db_password according to the username and password you specified at previous step.

[options]
; This is the password that allows database operations:
; admin_passwd = admin
db_host = False
db_port = False
db_user = odoo
db_password = False

7. Enable and start the odoo.service

$ sudo systemctl enable odoo.service
$ sudo systemctl start odoo.service

8. Logging in Go to http://localhost:8069 in your web browser to access the Odoo login page.