How To Install Modules In OpenERP

OpenERP Modules List

OPENERP MODULES INSTALL -- All of Open ERP’s functionality is contained in its many and various modules. Many of these, the core modules,are automatically loaded during the initial installation of the system and can be updated online later. Although they are mostly not installed in your database at the outset, they are available on your computer for immediate installation. Additional modules can also be loaded online from the official Open ERP site http://openerp.com.These modules are inactive when they are loaded into the system, and can then be installed in a separate step. You will start by checking if there are any updates available online that apply to your initial installation. Then you will install a CRM module to complete your existing database.


All the modules available on your computer can be found in the addons directory of your Open ERP server. Each module there is represented by a directory carrying the name of the module or by a file with the module name and .zip appended to it. The file is in ZIP archive format and replicates the directory structure of unzipped modules.



The list of modules shows only the first available modules. In the web client you can search or follow the First / Previous / Next / Last links to get to any point in the whole list, and you can change the number of entries listed by clicking the row number indicators between Previous and Next and selecting a different number from the default of 20.

OpenERP Detail Module Sample

If you use the GTK client you can search, as you would with the web client, or use the selection field (currently showing 80) to the top right of the window to change the number of entries returned by the search from its default limit of 80, or its default offset of 0 (starting at the first entry) in the whole list.


You will now install a module named google_map, which will enable you to add a feature to the partner form to open the location directly in Google Maps. This is part of the core installation, so you do not need to load anything to make this work.


Open the list of modules from Administration ! Modules ! Modules. Search for the module by entering the name google_map in the Name field on the search screen then clicking it in the list that appears to open it. The form that describes the module gives you useful information such as its version number, its status and a review of its functionality. Click Schedule for Installation and the status of the module changes to To be installed.


If you select a module in any of the module lists by clicking on a module line and then on Technical Guide at the top right of the window, OpenERP produces a technical report on that module. It is helpful only if the module is installed.
This report comprises a list of all the objects and all the fields along with their descriptions. The report adapts to your system and reflects any modifications you have made and all the other modules you have installed.

Installing ,Uninstall And Upgrade OpenERP Modules

Now install the Warehouse Management module using the same process as before. Start from Administration -->  Modules Modules.
1. Get the list of modules, and search for the stock module in that list.
2. Schedule the module for installation by clicking Schedule for Installation.
3. Do the same for account.
4. Click Apply Scheduled Upgrades on the action toolbar to the right.
5. Click Start update to install both modules.
6. After a few seconds, when the installation is complete, you may close this dialog box.
7. You will see details of all the features installed by the modules on a new Features tab on the module form.

OPenERP Module Install (warehouse management Module).

When you return to the Warehouse menu you will find the new menu items under it like Warehouse --> Warehouse Management --> Incoming Shipments, Warehouse --> Products Moves, which are a part of the Warehouse management system. You will also see all the accounting functions that are now available in the Accounting menu.

There is no particular relationship between the modules installed and the menus added. Most of the core modules add complete menus but some also add submenus to menus already in the system. Other modules add menus and submenus as they need. Modules can also add additional fields to existing forms, or simply additional demonstration data or some settings specific to a given requirement.

Upgrade Or Uninstall Module