We're happy to announce that the long-awaited all-in-one installers for xTuple ERP: PostBooks Edition, developed in partnership with our friends at Bitrock, are now available for download from Sourceforge.
There are installers for Windows, Mac OS X (Intel and PPC), and for the first time, an integrated installer for Linux as well. (Yes, we know you really want to build from source, but think about the newbies!) Here's the complete list of platforms.
The installer includes the latest (3.2.2) release of the xTuple ERP client, as well as the PostgreSQL database (version 8.3.5), the OpenRPT report writer, the CSV import data migration tool, and the xTuple database Updater. It also includes Bitrock's quality agent tool, which provides information back to xTuple that helps us improve product quality, as well as update and patch notifications to you. You can install just the client, or any combination of the above tools, including all three sample PostBooks databases (demo, quickstart, and empty).
Starting today, all new Hosted Demo accounts will be created with 3.2.2 databases, and you'll want to download the new installer to connect to them (this information is included in the confirmation email). Want to upgrade to a 3.2.2 Hosted Demo account now?
We hope you'll agree this is a major step forward for the usability of xTuple. Please give us your feedback on the forums, as always!
Ned Lilly
In October 2001, Ned co-founded xTuple, originally called OpenMFG, with the aim of bringing the worlds of open platform software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) together to solve the unmet needs of small- to mid-sized manufacturers. In 1999, he was a co-founder of Great Bridge, an early business built around the PostgreSQL database which is also the core technology for xTuple today. Great Bridge was incubated inside Landmark Communications, a mid-sized media company where Ned directed corporate venture investments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and startup activity. Prior to Landmark, Ned worked for a regional technology group in Washington D.C. and had a brief first career in political media — television, radio and a non-partisan news wire. He holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.A. from George Washington University.