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# Download SugarCE-5.0.0e.zip (production release) or the later available production release (getting only the application).
# Visit the recommended "Installation" instructions page at http://www.sugarforge.org/content/installation/
# Install SugarCRM according to the instructions. Note: ## The short version is to extract the zip to a place in your webroot <source lang="bash">unzip -d /var/www/ SugarCE-5.1.0a.zip</source>## I immediately ran into trouble because typically use a symbolic link to make the instructions did say application home at a friendly URL and easier to chmod 766 all files manage <source lang="bash">ln -s SugarCE-5.1.0a crm</source># There are a number of directories that needed Sugar expects to have write access to, but they won't be writable by from the web_userunzip. This command renders There are also a couple of configuration files that the directories non-executable which manifests in include errors because the web user (www-data) can not see into those directories (installer needs to be able to write to find includes); namely config. The following snippet is a fix:php and .htaccess# Execute this simple command to prepare your web directory
<source lang="bash">
# find recursively change ownership on the directories and set the sticky bitfor x in the ./crm path and cache custom data modules; do sudo chown -R www-data:www-data $x; sudo chmod -R +t $x; done# change ownership of the mode on them so that all users can execute (see into) the directory configuration filesfind for x in config.php ./crm/ htaccess; do sudo chown www-data:www-type d |xargs chmod a+data $x ; done</source>