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How can install Odoo 13 on ubuntu 20.04


I am trying to install odoo 13 on ubuntu 20.04 and it gives me this error when starting the installation, it has to do with the permissions from what I understand...

--2020-05-24 17:15:26--  https://nightly.odoo.com/odoo.key
Resolving nightly.odoo.com (nightly.odoo.com)... 178.33.123.40
Connecting to nightly.odoo.com (nightly.odoo.com)|178.33.123.40|:443... E: This command can only be used by root.
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3112 (3,0K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘STDOUT’

-                     0%[                    ]       0  --.-KB/s    in 0s      


Cannot write to ‘-’ (Success). ``` 


Solution

  • The issue here seemed to be that you are executing statements with a normal user but the script needs superuser privileges.

    So, you should do this:

    • Type pwd in your terminal. You will see the output to be the directory you are in currently. e.g. /home/bob. Write that down somewhere
    • Type sudo su - and hit enter. If you are asked for a password, type your password
    • That'll drop you into root user. Then, type cd /home/bob or whatever directory it was that you noted down previously
    • Then, run remaining commands. You will be running them as root
    • Once installation is complete, type exit and hit enter to exit out of root and get back to your normal user.

    Be careful to run commands from a trustworthy source.