Odoo Server (MOVED TO GITHUB)

Installation fails on Ubuntu 9.10 with python2.6: python.py installs "import_xml.rng", "base.sql",and other files in wrong location, causing the error "Could not create database" on GTK/Web client

Bug #514368 reported by Inaki Fernandez - OpenERPappliance.com on 2010-01-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #511347: set up script copies files to site-packages folder even under Python 2.6. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Odoo Server (MOVED TO GITHUB)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When compiling and installing openerp-server from source code, the same procedure is successful on Ubuntu 8.04, but fails on Ubuntu 9.10:

UBUNTU 8.04:
Installation path: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/openerp-server/

UBUNTU 9.10:
Installation path: /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/openerp-server/

PROBLEM:
openerp-server/setup.py puts import_xml.rng, base.sql, and other files under "site-packages" directory. This is correct on Ubuntu 8.04, but not on Ubuntu 9.10.

IMPACT:
User cannot create database from openerp GTK or Web client.

WORKAROUND:
scp -r /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/openerp-server/* /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/openerp-server/

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Stephane Wirtel (OpenERP) (stephane-openerp) wrote on 2010-01-29:

Ok, it seems to have a bug in the debian packaging :/

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Mark Guthart (mguthart) wrote on 2010-04-09:

As possible additional info...
Found that the install placed the first-level directories and their immediate sub-files in the dist-packages directory, but failed to place any subdirectories within these addons directories. (They do show up in the site-packages though).

For example...
In dist-packages (no subdirectories)...
../addons/account/account.py
../addons/account/account_analytic_line.py
../addons/account/account_assert_test.xml
etc.

In site-packages (includes subdirectories)...
../addons/account/data/account_data2.xml
../addons/account/data/account_invoice.xml
../addons/account/demo/account_minimal.xml
etc.
../addons/account/account.py
../addons/account/account_analytic_line.py
etc.