This is important problem with openERP: - installation instruction sucks - installation in ubuntu sucks.
Solution for installation is here: quite detailed and accurate instruction is in this link (ubuntu 9.04 & openerp 5.0 compatible): http://opensourceconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/installation-of-openerp-server-5-0-openerp-gtk-client-5-0-and-openerp-web-client-5-0-1-on-ubuntu-server-9-0-4/#comment-27 Now my longer whining about the "sucks" claims I made above. Installation instruction (doc.openerp.com.. installation on linux) is no way full or accurate. This you can see by numerous comments that desperate & frustrated readers left there. A full instruction would explain what components are needed (database, xmlpath, python2.5), how to test it (i.e. database should have login, database has to be configured for specific login type), how to configure (database login in openerp-serve.conf file), how to setup service to run from python2.5, how to restart service, how to setup multiple applications on same machine. ... PLEASE tiny, why there is no WIKI pages. Even if they may not match your professionally written doc by style, it will definitely evolve better on hot topics. Default configuration, as packaged in Ubuntu downloadable pack, sucks. Expectation with package would be: you run apt-get install and you get default configuration up and runing (btw this works excelent in windows all-in-one installer!!). That should work for like 80% of cases. You may accept that for specific configuration (like user already runs older PostgreSQL, installed specific libraries etc) default configuration needs to be adjusted. FACT is that NOONE can run openerp-server from default configuration. xmlpath package is required, but you cant get it from Ubuntu sources - you are expected to know where to download it. python2.5 is required, but python2.6 is default in Ubuntu - you are expected to know how to install 2.5 and reconfigure system where it is required. postgresql login mode is required to change (i have no idea what it is) you have to know where is openerp-server.conf file and how to enter db connection there (wrong details on default). PLEASE this is very great that openerp is in Ubuntu package, but PLEASE make it working for "default" install. -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=41647#41647 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman2/listinfo/tinyerp-users
