Author: John D. Roberts
Last saved by: Michael Oberg

SugarCRM Open Source
System Requirements:
•	x486 with 128MB RAM or better 
•	Apache or IIS web server (download Apache now) 
•	MySQL 4.0 (download MySQL now) 
•	PHP 4.1 or later - (download PHP now) 
NOTE: For the charting capabilities in SugarCRM to work, you will need the GD graphics library enabled in your PHP installation. This requires two critical steps:
1) Installing a PHP package that contains the php_gd2.dll graphics library. See below for more info. 
2) Modifying the php.ini file to enable the php_gd2.dll graphics library. See below for more info. 
Quick Setup:
•	Install and configure the software outlined above. 
•	Create an empty database with a db user who has "All Privileges."  When we release the full documentation with the 1.0 release later this summer, we'll document the exact db privileges necessary. 
•	Unzip the SugarCRM software package into your directory of choice in your web server document root. For instance, you could create a sugarcrm directory and have your URL be http://localhost/sugarcrm/index.php. 
•	Now simply run the SugarCRM installer by hitting the index.php file.  This will redirect you to the installer the first time. Don't forget that in step 3 of the installer, you can select to populate your db with seed data.  This is very helpful for giving the system a test drive. 
•	It's that easy. 
Tips and Tricks:
OK, maybe it's not that easy and you need a little more info. Here are the most requested tips and tricks for completing the installation process. 
•	Using GD versions prior to 2.0
o	Many users are having trouble with the GD graphics library.  Our default installation is configured to require the 2.0 version of the library.  This version is faster and providers better images.
o	If you have a system that has a previous version of the GD graphics library, you need to edit one of the JPGraph settings.
o	Change the USE_GD2_LIBRARY setting to false in jp-config.inc in the jpgraph/src folder. 
•	DEFINE("USE_LIBRARY_GD2",'auto');
•	Should become:
•	DEFINE("USE_LIBRARY_GD2",'false’);
•	Installing PHP 
o	Getting the GD graphics library configured sometimes takes a little more effort. The first step is making sure you actually have the graphics library on your machine. 
•	For Windows, we highly recommend using the "PHP zip package" in the Windows Binaries download section of the PHP download site in order to get the pre-bundled GD library. The "PHP installer" in the Windows Binaries download section does not contain this library.   
•	Please confirm that the extensions are actually in the path specified in php.ini as the extension_dir.  Many installations do not have this set correctly.
•	The library usually exists at <php install root>/PHP/extensions/php_gd2.dll 
•	Once the library is on your machine, you need to configure PHP to use it. Open up your php.ini file and uncomment the php_gd2.dll line so that 
   ;extension=php_gd2.dll
becomes
   extension=php_gd2.dll 
•	Finding the actual php.ini on your machine that is being used by php.exe can sometimes be troublesome. You can get around this by moving your php.ini to be in the same directory as your php.exe. Now you are guarateed that the php.ini you are modifying will be used at runtime. 
•	If you need further help, google 'extension=php_gd2.dll'. You can also find some further info on making this library work on PHP 4.2.3 and earlier at http://www.boutell.com/gd/faq.html