A pre-requisite to [[Importing contacts]], you need to install SugarCRM if you do not already have a working system
== Download and Install Dependencies for SugarCRM ==SugarCRM provides easy stack installers which make trying the system as close to a one-click operation as possible. That is great for trying it out.If you are beyond the exploration stage you will want to install into an existing infrastructure, so we'll assume that approach.
There are some PHP modules that Sugar relies on, so you may want to check for those prior to installing. Sugar is programmed to use the PHP IMAP module for mailing and the PHP CURL module for getting remote files.
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sudo apt-get install php5-curl php5-imap
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== Download and Install SugarCRM ==
SugarCRM provides easy stack installers which make trying the system as close to a one-click operation as possible. That is great for trying it out.
If you are beyond the exploration stage you will want to install into an existing infrastructure, so we'll assume that approach.
# Visit the [http://sugarcrm.com SugarCRM homepage], and click the top navbar link to "Sugar Open Source"