VTiger CRM 5.0.4 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

VTiger CRM 5.0.4 HOWTO


# Install Apache with its Documentation #####
$ sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc



# Start Apache (which probably is already installed) #####
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start



# Test Apache #####

Type on Mozilla Firefox: http://127.0.0.1/
It should show: It works!
It may show something else, like something saying apache and
with the apache logo.

Note: The web page with the message "Iy works!" is in the
"/var/www" directorie, which is apaches root directory, and
is the directory where we will put VTiger CRM



# Download and Extract the VTiger CRM source #####

Download the VTiger CRM source at: http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/vtigercrm/vtigercrm-5.0.4.tar.gz

$ cd /path_were_the_vtiguer_source_is

$ tar zxvf vtigercrm-5.0.4.tar.gz



# Install the MySQL, PHP and Apache needed dependencies #####

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
# Type in the MySQL password in the text box bash that will apear on the bash shell

$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-perl2

$ sudo apt-get install php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap

$ sudo apt-get install php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-odbc curl libwww-perl imagemagick



# Install VTiger on Apache #####

$ cd vtigercrm/

# Copy VTiger CRM to the /var/www dir (apache root dir) #####
$ sudo cp -vr * /var/www


# Change the VTiger CRM owner to the Apache owner so that #####
# Apache, can modify these when needed #####

$ sudo chown www-data -vR /var/www



# Delete the Apache test page #####

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/index.html



# Restart Apache #####

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart



# Configurar o Vtiger #####

Open Mozilla Firefox:
http://127.0.0.1/ or http://127.0.0.1/install.php
Now folow the instructions shown on the open page,
and configure the VTiguer CRM, and thats it.