Howtoforge posted a guide about installing SugarCRM Community Edition on Ubuntu 8.10
>> Installing SugarCRM Community Edition On Ubuntu 8.10
SugarCRM is a webbased CRM solution written in PHP. SugarCRM is available in different flavours called "Editions" ("Community" (free), "Professional", and "Enterprise"). In this tutorial I will describe the installation of the free Community Edition on Ubuntu 8.10. With the modules My Portal, Calendar, Activities, Contacts, Accounts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, Bugtracker, Documents and Email, SugarCRM Community Edition offers everything that can be expected from a CRM solution.
>> Installing SugarCRM Community Edition On Ubuntu 8.10