Install a custom app

Create a custom addons directory

Inorder to view a new app in Odoo, first we need to create a custom addons directory. All new addons can be saved in this directory

• Create a directory named custom_addons in your odoo main directory[or some other path as you like].
• Copy the new custom app that have to added to Odoo to the custom_addons folder
• It is not necessary to create a new directory for custom_addons, you can directly add addons into Odoo addons folder. But it is recomended to use create a new custom addons directory.

Add custom_addons directory to Odoo addons path

• Inside odoo.conf [your Odoo config file] file, add the custom_addons path.

addons_path = /path_to_odoo/odoo-12.0/odoo/addons,/path_to_odoo/odoo-12.0/addons,/path_to_odoo/odoo-12.0/custom_addons

•  Restart your odoo instance.

If you are creating a new database after restarting Odoo, your odoo module will be already available for you in Apps/ apps.

If you want this app in an old database, then:

• Activate developer mode:
• You can activate developer mode by typing ?debug= before the '#' symbol in your url.
• You can also activate developer mode from settings. Option to activate developer mode is available in Odoo settings

• Now go to update app list from Apps/ Update app list

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