SugarCRM On Linux Install Guide

SugarCRM is the leading open source CRM solution, and one of the best available CRM offerings. Since it is an open source product, it’s freely available to download, install and use. Our installation guide will explain in details how to install SugarCRM community edition on an Ubuntu Linux machine. We use Ubuntu because it is very simple to install and maintain software on it.

To summarize, the steps required to get SugarCRM up and running on Ubuntu are:

  • Get LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) installed and running.
  • Download source files of SugarCRM community edition.
  • Complete setup of SugarCRM through the web-based installation wizard.
After installation is complete, login into SugarCRM using default user admin, with the password you set during step 3 - the installation wizard.

Installing LAMP

Before we can get into the SugarCRM installation and configuration steps, we need to install Apache, Mysql and PHP on the Ubuntu Linux machine. It is pretty straight foreword to get the LAMP stack up and running. To install Ubuntu, use this guide. To install the rest of the LAMP stack, follow the instructions here. If you are too lazy to read the instruction, you can use this command from your Ubunutu command line to get LAMP up and running:

#sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Downloading and Installing SugarCRM Community Edition

You can download the SugarCRM archive (.zip) file from here:SugarCRM Download Page
Just click the “Download now” button. Make sure you are downloading a file named ‘SugarCRM-x.x.x.zip’, where x.x.x is the version number, 5.2.0, for example.
Once you downloaded the SugarCRM zip file, you will need to extract it’s content using the unzip command, and then run the setup program. For a comprehensive guide on how to complete these steps, read the Sugar Community Edition Installation and Administration Guide.
*Note - you might not have the unzip command available on your Ubuntu machine. In that case, install it by running:
#sudo apt-get install zip

That’s it! You now have a fully functional, free to use, enterprise class CRM solution!
Our next posts will explain the first setup steps required to get your SugarCRM installation ready for use by your users. Stay tuned by registering to our RSS feed.

February 19, 2009 · Filed Under SugarCRM

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