Installation on Debian

iDempiere Installation on Debian

Here is an example of installation guide for Debian. For Ubuntu / Linux Mint, it is familiar.

Prerequisites

Environment

Please prepare following environments before installation:

• OS: Debian Wheezy 7.5.0 amd64
• Database: PostgreSQL 9.1
• JVM: sun-jre-1.6.0_45
• iDempiere 1.0c

Which user?

You don't have to install iDempiere server as the root user.

• Use root for:
  • Install PostgreSQL
  • Install JRE
• Use normal user for:
  • Install iDempiere server
  • Install iDempiere client

Resources

• Install Debian 7.5.0: Debian.org
• Intall PostgreSQL 9.1:

  aptitude install postgresql-9.1

Attention: Please create the user "adempiere" for installation.

• Download iDempiere server : SourceForge.net: iDempiere 1.0c Server
• Download iDempiere client: SourceForge.net:iDempiere 1.0c swing-client

Sun JRE 1.6

Install Sun JRE 1.6 / Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment 6u45.

Debian repository stopped providing Sun JRE from Debian 7.0, you should install it mannualy.

• Go to Oracle official archive site to download sun-jre-1.6 . Oracle.com:Java SE 6

Attention: you are required to regester to download.

• For iDempiere Server running, we need Java SE Runtime Environment 6u45 , just download jre-6u45-linux-x64.bin
• Go to the path:

  cd /usr/bin/jvm

• Make the file executable:

  chmod +x jre-6u45-linux-x64.bin

• Extract the package to current path:

 ./jre-6u45-linux-x64.bin

• Check jvm

  update-alternatives --display java

• Update alternatives:

  update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/java 1067 

Install

Install Server

• Unzip Server

  cd /home/iDempiere
  unzip idempiereServer.gtk.linux.x86_64.zip

• Navigate to the idempiere-server folder, for example

  cd /home/iDempiere/idempiere.gtk.linux.x86_64/idempiere-server

• Setup and install the server

  sh setup.sh

Import the Database

PostgreSQL 9.1 or higher

This is the default way to import the database for oracle (10g or 11) and postgresql 9.1 or higher:

After setting up the server (is a prerequisite) you can run:

  cd utils
  sh RUN_ImportIdempiere.sh

PostgreSQL 8.4 or 9.0

If you're going to install the official installers in postgresql 8.4 or 9.0 you must run the following commands:

After setting up the server (is a prerequisite) you can run:

  cd utils
  sh RUN_ImportIdempiere.sh 8.4

Please note daily installers do not support these postgresql old versions

Install Swing Client

• Unzip the client installer you downloaded or created, for example:

  cd /home/iDempiere
  unzip idempiereClient.gtk.linux.x86_64.zip

• Navigate to the adempiere-client folder, for example

  cd /home/iDempiere/adempiere.gtk.linux.x86_64/adempiere-client

• Run and setup adempiere-client

  sh adempiere-client.sh

Run iDempiere

Run iDempiere Server

  cd /home/iDempiere/adempiere.gtk.linux.x86_64/idempiere-server
  sh idempiere-server.sh

Run iDempiere from Swing Client

  cd /home/iDempiere/adempiere.gtk.linux.x86_64/adempiere-client
  sh adempiere-client.sh

Question and Answer

1. Still need following for a server ? Somebody please give advise:

   Mercurial Client 1.7.5
   Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 3.7.2 Indigo
   Mercurial Eclipse Plugin 1.9.1
   Buckminster 3.7 

2. How to stop iDempiere Server? Somebady please give advise.

See also

• GlobalQSS.com:Installing from Installers