You can install Odoo from the Bitnami package but I wanted to have it from source so that I could make changes and get updates with the git commands.

I followed this guide to get started

https://www.linode.com/docs/websites/cms/install-odoo-9-erp-on-ubuntu-14-04

Which got me most of the way there but I still had 2 problems.

1 creating the database gave me an error

DataError: encoding UTF8 does not match locale en_US DETAIL: 
The chosen ****** setting requires encoding LATIN1.

To fix this I ran the following commands

sudo su postgres

psql

update pg_database set datistemplate=false where datname='template1';
drop database Template1;
create database template1 with owner=postgres encoding='UTF-8' lc_collate='en_US.utf8' lc_ctype='en_US.utf8' template template0;

update pg_database set datistemplate=true where datname='template1';

Then once I had created my database I got an error at the top of the page

/usr/bin/env : node: No such file or directory in ovoo v9
– /website/static/src/less/import_bootstrap.less
– /web/static/src/less/variables.less
– /web/static/src/less/enterprise_compatibility.less
– /web/static/src/less/utils.less
– /web/static/src/less/modal.less
– /web/static/src/less/notification.less
– /base_import/static/src/less/import.less
– /web_tip/static/src/less/tip.less
– /web_calendar/static/src/less/web_calendar.less
– /web_diagram/static/src/less/diagram_view.less
– /web_kanban/static/src/less/kanban_dashboard.less
– /web_kanban/static/src/less/kanban_view.less
– /web_settings_dashboard/static/src/less/dashboard.less

To fix follow the instructions from the NodeJS Website:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.10 | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo npm install -g npm

Then install Less and accessories:

 sudo npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css