How to install modules for Odoo - coopdevs/handbook GitHub Wiki

1. Install the python package for the module to the odoo virtual env
2. Update Odoo's app list
3. Install internally the module or "app"

user@host:/opt$ sudo su odoo
odoo@host:/opt$ source .odoo_venv/bin/activate
(.odoo_venv) odoo@host:/opt$ 

The name will be on the form of odoo<VERSION>-addon-<ADDON-NAME>, as in odoo11-addon-project-key.

pip install odoo11-addon-project-key

To be investigated. pip supports installing packages served by git+transports, but it may be trickier that it looks. It could be as easy as:

(.odoo_venv) odoo@host:/opt$ pip install -e git+https://github.com/OCA/project.git/#egg=project_key&subdirectory=/project_key

https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#vcs-support

Odoo needs to refresh and detect all addons that are available on its virtual env.

To do it via command line, the kind of official way to do it is to "update" any installed module. This makes Odoo to look for undetected modules.

(.odoo_venv) odoo@host:~$ python /path/to/odoo -c /path/to/odoo.conf -d "odoo_db_name" --update base --stop-after-init --without-demo=all

1. Go to Apps
2. Click on Update Apps List
3. Click "Update"

(.odoo_venv) odoo@host:~$ python /path/to/odoo -c /path/to/odoo.conf -d "odoo_db_name" --init "project-key" --stop-after-init --without-demo=all

1. Go to Apps
2. Find your addon (maybe disable "Apps" filter)
3. Click "Install" on the addon box.

• Odoo role tasks
• pip reference