Odoo 11.0 Windows Installation

Install odoo-11.0 from source on Windows

It is recommended to have 64 bit version of operating system installed on your system.
It is recommended to install 64 bit version of all software packages mentioned in installation process.

Installation

Download and install Git for Windows.
Download and install Node.js LTS.

Launch Command Prompt as Administrator.

• Install Less.js by > npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css

Download and install PostgreSQL.
add PostgreSQL's bin directory (default: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\x.x\bin) to your PATH.

create a postgres user with a password using the PgAdmin GUI:

• open PgAdmin4,
• expand server node to create a connection,
• expand PostgreSQL node,
• select Object-> Create -> Login/Group Role,
  • enter the username in the Role Name field (e.g. odoo),
  • open the Definition tab and enter the password (e.g. odoo),
  • open the Privileges tab and give login and create database rights,
• click save.

Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable.
Download and install Python3 version 3.6.

• goto Python3 installation directory (default: C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\PythonXX.
  
• rename python.exe to python3.exe and pythonw.exe to pythonw3.exe.
  
• add Python3 installation directory (default: C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\PythonXX) to your PATH.
  

Some of odoo dependencies are non-pure Python packages which requires C/C++ compilation during their installation process. you can install those dependencies using one of the following approaches.

1. Download and install already compiled dependencies in Wheel (.whl) format targeting your system configuration.
2. Download and install C/C++ compiler than install those dependencies from source.

For installing dependencies from Wheel (.whl), launch Command Prompt as Administrator.

• Install pypiwin32 by > python3 -m pip install pypiwin32
• Install Pillow by > python3 -m pip install Pillow-3.4.2-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
• Install gevent by > python3 -m pip install gevent-1.2.2-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
• Install lxml by > python3 -m pip install lxml-3.8.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
• Install psutil by > python3 -m pip install psutil-5.3.1-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
• Install psycopg2 by > python3 -m pip install psycopg2-2.7.3-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
• Install pyldap by > python3 -m pip install pyldap-2.4.37-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
• Install reportlab by > python3 -m pip install reportlab-3.4.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl

If you're having 32 bit Windows architecture or other Python versions (e.g. 3.4, 3.5) installed on your system. you can download non-pure Python package Wheels (.whl) targeting your system configurations from PyPI or Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. If you're having Python 3.4 installed on system then you will require Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable instead of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable. for more information visit WindowsCompilers article on Python Wiki.

For installing dependencies from source, download Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools.

• run the installer,
• select custom mode for installation,
• uncheck all optional features (e.g. Windows 8.1 SDK, Windows 10 SDK, ATL/MFC SDK, .NET Framework SDK etc.)
• click Install.
  

After Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools installation process completes, launch Command Prompt as Administrator

• Install pypiwin32 by > python3 -m pip install pypiwin32
• Install Pillow by > python3 -m pip install pillow
• Install gevent by > python3 -m pip install gevent
• Install lxml by > python3 -m pip install lxml
• Install psutil by > python3 -m pip install psutil
• Install psycopg2 by > python3 -m pip install psycopg2
• Install pyldap by > python3 -m pip install pyldap
• Install reportlab by > python3 -m pip install reportlab

If you're having Python 3.4 installed on system then you will require Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 instead of Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools. for more information visit WindowsCompilers article on Python Wiki.

Install remaining pure Python packages from requirements.txt using

• $ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
• $ python3 -m pip install -U werkzeug

Download and install wkhtmltopdf.
Add wkhtmltopdf's bin directory (default: C:\Program Files\wkhtmltopdf\bin) to your PATH.

Launch Command Prompt.
Switch to (cd) your desired odoo installation directory
clone odoo repository by git clone https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git -b 11.0

Switch to odoo installation directory and run odoo using
$ python3 odoo-bin -w odoo -r odoo --addons-path=addons --log-level=debug_rpc