To install odoo it is highly recommended to [[python:virtualenv|install python with virtual environment]].

## Installation

Create and enter virtual environment for odoo:
<code>
$ mkvirtualenv odoo
New python executable in /home/soda/projects/odoo/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/soda/projects/odoo/bin/predeactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/soda/projects/odoo/bin/postdeactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/soda/projects/odoo/bin/preactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/soda/projects/odoo/bin/postactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/soda/projects/odoo/bin/get_env_details

# Enter the virtualenv directory
$ cdvirtualenv 
(odoo) soda@vm-soda ~/projects/odoo $ 
</code>

## Odoo buildout

Buildout is a tool which allows us to automate steps needed to proceed when installing and deploying. Buildout is using build rules which can be re-used in different projects.

First enter your virtual environment and clone recipe:
<code>
workon odoo
git clone https://github.com/kybi/buildout-odoo-postgres odoo

# move content of ./odoo folder to one level up and remove the empty ./odoo folder
...
</code>

### Postgres

In this tutorial we will assume you have the postgres installed and configured.
If this is not the case, you can alter the buildout.cfg and re-enable the parts related to postgres:

* postgres
* psycopg2
* postgres-conf
* pg-hba-conf
* pg-ident-conf

#### Role

To create Odoo user in postgresql database, login as postgres user and:

  postgres=# create user odoo with createdb login createdb replication;
  postgres=# alter user odoo with password 'secretpassword';
  

### less-compiler

Frequently I encounter the missing less compiler. So here are the few steps to fix this issue.

NOTE: it shows that simple emerge lessc is not enough as it uses a different implementation of lessc.

Enter your virtual environment, then

  pip install virtual-node virtual-less nodejs promise
  npm install less-plugin-clean-css promise


### nginx

## Upgrading

## Settings

# Sales terminology

## Lead
A sales lead is a set of contact information for a person or business, which could somehow facilitate a future sale. Typically a lead will be a single person at a business who is looking to purchase a service or product you offer.

A lead may or may not be the person or entity who will eventually make the purchase, they may be an adviser, a friend, or a person without decision making power.  The one consistent attribute of every sales lead, is that it is somehow related to a potential sale.

You will commonly find a lead referred to as an “unqualified” sales opportunity.  To understand this, look at your sales process as a series of steps to qualify and close a deal.  Each business will have different qualifications which indicate how likely a person is to make a purchase, or how well of a fit your products/services match the customer’s needs.

## Opportunity
Simply put, a sales opportunity is a qualified sales lead.  This means an opportunity is also an object which represents a potential deal, but this specific deal has met certain criteria which indicate a high value to the business, or a high probability of closing.

This is where the differences between sales processes emerge.  Since every business has a different set of criteria which determine how qualified a lead is, each business will consider a lead qualified at a different stage. There are many different pieces of information that can be used to qualify a lead.