initial script (only works on debian/ubuntu for now)

.gitignore

@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ nosetests.xml
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
 .pydevproject
+
+# Downloaded packages
+*.deb
+*.rpm
+*.exe
+*.tar.gz

install-openerp.py

@@ -1 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Thanks to Alan Lord for his OpenERP-on-Ubuntu tips: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2012/12/how-to-install-openerp-7-0-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/
+import argparse
+import urllib
+import platform
+import subprocess
+
+system = platform.system().lower()
+print system
+
+if system == "linux":
+	distro = platform.linux_distribution()[0].lower()
+	print "%s distro: %s" % (system, distro)
+
+if distro:
+	if distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian']:
+		url = "http://nightly.openerp.com/7.0/nightly/deb/openerp_7.0-latest-1_all.deb"
+		filename = "openerp_7.0-latest-1_all.deb"
+	else:
+		print "Sorry, we don't have an automated install for %s yet!" % distro
+
+print "downloading %s" % url
+urllib.urlretrieve(url, filename)
+subprocess.call("sudo apt-get -y install postgresql", shell=True)
+subprocess.call("sudo dpkg -i %s" % filename, shell=True)
+subprocess.call("sudo apt-get -f -y install", shell=True)
+print "Creating OpenERP Postgres user"
+subprocess.call("sudo -u postgres createuser --createdb --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt openerp", shell=True)
+