I'm progressing through Daniel Reis's book Odoo Developement Essentials
https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/odoo-essentials
I am attempting to build a basic module. In fact, it is an empty module, containing only what Daniel states is necessary (the __init.py__ and the __openerp.py__ files). When I start Odoo with the module's addon-path listed, Odoo says "option --addons-path: The addons-path 'custom-addons' does not seem to be a valid Addons Directory!"
I use the following to start Odoo:
~/odoo-dev$ odoo/odoo.py -d v8dev --addons-path="custom-addons"
Per Daniel's instructions, my Odoo directory structure is:
~/odoo-dev
/odoo # holds the Odoo v8 files
/custom-addons
/todo_app
__openerp.py__
__init__.py
__init.py__ is empty (used touch to create)
__openerp.py__ is
{
'name': 'To-Do Application',
'description': 'Manage your personal tasks',
'author': 'Daniel Reis',
'depends': ['mail'],
'application: True,
}
I compared my addons and modules structures to an Odoo Community Association addon. My directory structure and file contents are syntactically the same.
@Nick,
From what I understand you need to provide the full path to the 'custom-addons' directory. In my setup my custom addons are in the following directory:
/opt/odoo/custom/addons
Therefore i'd start the server as follows:
odoo/odoo.py -d v8dev --addons-path="/opt/odoo/custom/addons"
If you'd like to add other addons directories you just need to separate them by a comma:
odoo/odoo.py -d v8dev --addons-path="/opt/odoo/custom/addons,/opt/odoo/custom/OCA/product-attribute"
I hope it helps.
The trouble is not related to my specification of path. I inserted an app from the Odoo Community Association adjacent to my Todo_app and the server started normally (albeit with tons of errors due to missing dependencies required by the copied in app). Still looking...