1. install python 2.7 (per openerp8's official doc, python 27 is required.) 2. download get-pip.py from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py , execute the command: python get-pip.py 3. get source of openerp8 from https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git 4. execute the command: pip install -r D:\source_code\odoo\openerp8/requirements.txt . (requirements.txt contains all dependencies. ) The pip will install the python module automatically. However, the real world always bring us the issues because our C++ compile environment is not setup correctly. we will get the link error when pip try to install psycopg2 (driver to access postgresql db.). Go to http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/ and choose the compiled binary file directly. For Python-ldap, go to http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ 5. Finally, go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32 and choose correct version for python-win32service. 6. If you are family with eclipse a lot,