You can also use...           

• $ python3 odoo-bin shell -d db_name
  

Hello Kasper,

It seems you're using a source distribution where all addons have been moved out of the "openerp.addons" Python package to the root directory of the distribution (current layout in GitHub, branch 7.0), hence it cannot load some required modules. Specifying "--addons-path/addons_path" is required in order to fix this.

You can fake command line arguments in the Python interactive interpreter in the following way:

>>> import sys
>>> import openerp
>>>
>>> sys.argv = ['', '--addons-path=/opt/openerp/server/addons', '--log-level=debug']
>>>
>>> openerp.cli.main()

Please note that the first argument is an empty string.

Regards.

Same situation, shell module is installed. When i type sudo ./odoo.py shell -d v8dev it says:

"ERROR ? openerp.sql_db: Connection to the database failedTraceback (most recent call last): OperationalError: IMPORTANR  "root" role is not exist"

Fix: type just ./odoo.py shell -d v8dev

Hey Kasper, have a look at this thread, it's precisely about IDE's that people use for OpenERP v7 / odoo development:

https://www.odoo.com/forum/Help-1/question/Tools--IDE-for-OpenERP7-source-and-report-development-5536

I know it's too late but you can use erppeek. https://erppeek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Not compatible with V7, because it's new in saas-6...

But that can help other peoples looking about it...

./odoo.py shell -d saas6

after, all is possible ...

OLD API : 

 >>> blog_post_ids = env.registry['blog.post'].search(env.cr, env.uid, [], context=env.context)
 >>> env.registry['blog.post'].browse(env.cr, env.uid, blog_post_ids, context=env.context).mapped('name')

[u'The Future of Emails', u'Integrating your CMS and E-Commerce']

NEW API:

>>> env['blog.post'].search([]).mapped('name')

[u'Integrating your CMS and E-Commerce', u'The Future of Emails']

Hi, I am trying to get to the interactive shell with odoo 11 but I am getting the error

odoo@21ad17f724ce:/$ odoo shell -d universidad
2018-01-07 18:53:39,951 134 INFO ? odoo: Odoo version 11.0-20171030
2018-01-07 18:53:39,952 134 INFO ? odoo: Using configuration file at /etc/odoo/odoo.conf
2018-01-07 18:53:39,952 134 INFO ? odoo: addons paths: ['/var/lib/odoo/addons/11.0', '/mnt/extra-addons', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/addons']
2018-01-07 18:53:39,953 134 INFO ? odoo: database: default@default:default
2018-01-07 18:53:39,963 134 INFO ? odoo.service.server: Initiating shutdown
2018-01-07 18:53:39,963 134 INFO ? odoo.service.server: Hit CTRL-C again or send a second signal to force the shutdown.
2018-01-07 18:53:39,964 134 INFO ? odoo.sql_db: Connection to the database failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 59, in __new__
    return cls.registries[db_name]
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/tools/func.py", line 68, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/tools/lru.py", line 44, in __getitem__
    a = self.d[obj].me
KeyError: 'universidad'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/odoo", line 8, in <module>
    odoo.cli.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/command.py", line 60, in main
    o.run(args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 124, in run
    self.shell(config['db_name'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 110, in shell
    registry = odoo.registry(dbname)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/__init__.py", line 76, in registry
    return modules.registry.Registry(database_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 61, in __new__
    return cls.new(db_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 73, in new
    registry.init(db_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 141, in init
    with closing(self.cursor()) as cr:
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/modules/registry.py", line 472, in cursor
    return self._db.cursor()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 634, in cursor
    return Cursor(self.__pool, self.dbname, self.dsn, serialized=serialized)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 178, in __init__
    self._cnx = pool.borrow(dsn)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 517, in _locked
    return fun(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 585, in borrow
    **connection_info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 164, in connect
    conn = _connect(dsn, connection_factory=connection_factory, async=async)
psycopg2.OperationalError: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting
	connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

I tried from the official odoo docker image and also with bitnami odoo image, same error, I am able to get into it without the -d argument but this way there's no environment, how can I either start the interactive shell properly or how to load the environment if I got into the interactive shell whitout specifying at database.

there's another error

odoo@21ad17f724ce:/$ odoo shell
2018-01-07 18:58:41,137 149 INFO ? odoo: Odoo version 11.0-20171030
2018-01-07 18:58:41,137 149 INFO ? odoo: Using configuration file at /etc/odoo/odoo.conf
2018-01-07 18:58:41,137 149 INFO ? odoo: addons paths: ['/var/lib/odoo/addons/11.0', '/mnt/extra-addons', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/addons']
2018-01-07 18:58:41,137 149 INFO ? odoo: database: default@default:default
2018-01-07 18:58:41,148 149 INFO ? odoo.service.server: Initiating shutdown
2018-01-07 18:58:41,148 149 INFO ? odoo.service.server: Hit CTRL-C again or send a second signal to force the shutdown.
No environment set, use `/usr/bin/odoo shell -d dbname` to get one.
odoo: <module 'odoo' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/__init__.py'>
openerp: <module 'odoo' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/__init__.py'>
Python 3.5.3 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:11:04) 
[GCC 6.3.0 20170118] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(Console)
>>> dir()
['__builtins__', 'odoo', 'openerp']
>>> from odoo.service import db
>>> db.list_dbs()
2018-01-07 18:59:15,171 149 INFO ? odoo.sql_db: Connection to the database failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/service/db.py", line 362, in list_dbs
    with closing(db.cursor()) as cr:
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 634, in cursor
    return Cursor(self.__pool, self.dbname, self.dsn, serialized=serialized)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 178, in __init__
    self._cnx = pool.borrow(dsn)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 517, in _locked
    return fun(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/sql_db.py", line 585, in borrow
    **connection_info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 164, in connect
    conn = _connect(dsn, connection_factory=connection_factory, async=async)
psycopg2.OperationalError: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
  Is the server running locally and accepting
  connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>>> 

Any help will be appreciated :) thanks