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@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ and IMAP protocols.
 
 
 ## Installing
+ > N.b. A note on Ubuntu 14.04 (probably other Debian-based / Apt managed systems), the install of php5-imap does not enable the extension for CLI (possibly others as well), which can cause composer to report fetch requires ext-imap
+ ```
+sudo ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/imap.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/30-imap.ini
+ ```
 
 ### Composer