How to install erpnext version 12 on ubuntu 18.04

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Dear Team,

How to install erpnext version 12 on ubuntu 18.04. Kindly provide the steps.

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You can try the instructions found here: https://github.com/frappe/bench

Note that it says it works on Ubuntu 16.

The Virtualbox image could also be used, which contains ERPNext on a Ubuntu 14 VM.

Support for Self Hosted ERPNext is also available: https://erpnext.com/support

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18.04 does the Easy Install smoothly. you just need to install python3-minimal python3-setuptools and build-essential preferably redis-server before running the Easy Install. If it is a vanilla system and you are root, use the sudo -H option.
To use the Easy Install options to the fullest, I woud advise exploiting the command as:
sudo -H python3 install.py --production --site site.name–user frappe --mysql-root-password whatever_you_fancy --admin-password whatever_you_fancy --bench-name bench_you_would_like_to_call

that will give you a version-12 erpnext and frappe on 12.0.0

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Do not forget to assign a password to the frappe user and add it to the sudoers group. This user does not need to be named frappe by any means.

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Hi, I got below error:

sudo -H python3 install.py --production --site site.name–user erpnext --mysql-root-password whatever_you_fancy --admin-password whatever_you_fancy --bench-name bench_you_would_like_to_call
usage: install.py [-h] [–develop | --production] [–site SITE]
[–without-site] [–verbose] [–user USER]
[–bench-branch BENCH_BRANCH] [–repo-url REPO_URL]
[–frappe-repo-url FRAPPE_REPO_URL]
[–frappe-branch FRAPPE_BRANCH]
[–erpnext-repo-url ERPNEXT_REPO_URL]
[–erpnext-branch ERPNEXT_BRANCH] [–without-erpnext]
[–version VERSION] [–overwrite]
[–mysql-root-password MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD]
[–mariadb-version MARIADB_VERSION]
[–admin-password ADMIN_PASSWORD] [–bench-name BENCH_NAME]
[–container]
install.py: error: unrecognized arguments: erpnext

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I tried to install different method and now it shows as below:

erpnext@erpnext:/srv/bench/frappe-bench$ bench version
erpnext 12.0.3
frappe 12.0.3

If I done bench update it show below error:

pymysql.err.InternalError: (1184, “Aborted connection 75 to db: ‘unconnected’ user: ‘erpnext’ host: ‘localhost’ (init_connect command failed)”)

due to some reason mariadb is not connecting. please help me to resolve this.

Mariadb version is mariadb Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.4.6-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2

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Nothing is stored in my database. database is empty now.

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while running this command bench new-site localhost I get below error:

pymysql.err.InternalError: (1184, “Aborted connection 79 to db: ‘unconnected’ user: ‘erpnext’ host: ‘localhost’ (init_connect command failed)”)

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It is very hard for me to help you when you apply a different method at least without knowing the method you have applied.

Looks like the OS user erpnext is not a mariadb user and there are methods to check and correct this. However, if you are on a vanilla system, I would not recommend doing that. Reinitialize the system and let Easy Install do its job.

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I have installed it using the method explained here GitHub - frappe/bench: CLI to manage Multi-tenant deployments for Frappe apps

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please let me know about venilla system. is it dabian os?

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It is a Ubuntu 18.0.4LTS. Installed with min 4GB ram and 20GB disk. All upgrades installed and prerequisite packages installed. Note that this installation will be based on Python3.

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Are you root while doing this?

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Not everything that is written there is up to date :slight_smile: Live and learn

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Thanks. I have same system.

I am doing this with the erpnext user not the root. I am thinking it might be some database issue. its not connecting properly.

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Then, you need to assign erpnext user to sudo group and assign the password. Looks like you have installed mariadb under a different user and did not do the necessary config.

Reinstall the system with the sequence I have laid down and you will be up and running in no time.

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thanks. I will check

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yes, I have installed mariadb as root user

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Reinstall Ubuntu 18.0.4LTS. Do apt update and apt upgrade as root. Reboot.
Install pyhton3-setuptools python3-minimal redis-server build-essential
reboot
Download and run the Easy Install script with proper parameters on sudo -H switch.
assign a password to erpnext user and add it to sudoers
login with erpnext user and go to bench folder