Preparing the addons path
An addons module is a directory that contains an Odoo manifest file, and provides a new app or an additional feature for an existing app. The addons module's path is a list of directories, where the Odoo server will look for available addons. By default, the addons path includes the official apps bundled with Odoo, in the odoo/addons directory, and the base module providing the core features, in the odoo/odoo/addons directory.
We should add our own modules in specific directories, whether created by us, or downloaded from the App Store or elsewhere. For the Odoo server to be able to discover them, we should add these directories to the Odoo addons paths.
Following the instructions in Chapter 2, Preparing the Development ...
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