General question about installing and removing modules

[rickcrites]

I am somewhat new to Sugar, so bear with me...

If installing one module breaks the functionality of another module, what is the best way to handle?

Should I uninstall the broken module and try installing it again. It seems to me that I run the risk of breaking the newly installed module by doing that. Pointless to get into a loop of breaking modules...

Or, should I try re-installing the the previously installed, but broken, module without uninstalling first? Will Sugar even allow you to re-install a module that is already installed? It seems that this might preserve the newly installed code of the second module, and re-insert the necessary changes in the first, now broken, module.

I hope the question is clear. I appreciate any guideance.

Thanks,

[kbrill]

Unfortunately the way SugarCRM is designed it isn't easy to change core functionality without editing core file. No to be fair it's not all in the way SugarCRM is written, it's also just the way PHP works. You can't replace function unless you are extending a class, and some times that's just not feasible.

If one module breaks another, all the reloading in the world won't help. The only thing that can be done is for the module authors to work together and merge the offending core file. Mr Milk used to do this internally with his mods. Alternatively you could (or you could get someone else to) merge the two modules before installing them. You would need to look at which files both the modules touch and then manually (or with the help of a program like winmerge) merge the two copies into one with both modules represented.

[rickcrites]

Thanks, Ken.

I was the answer I was afraid I might get. Sounds like a lot of work that I am marginally qualified to undertake.

Oh well .....

I installed Teams OS and it broke both PowerProspecting and OrgChart. I really NEED both Teams OS and Power Prospecting. Ironically, the one I need the most, Teams OS, isn't even working right after install, even though it broke the other two.

Good thing it is only a test installation.

I am really starting to like better and better the idea of an Open Source managed distribution, independent of SugarCRM, that could get some of the important modules integrated and working, and do a distribution with those modules pre-installed.

Best,