How to install Bugzilla on Arch Linux

Bugzilla is a popular open-source bug tracking software used to track issues and bugs in software products. Here is a step by step guide on how to install Bugzilla on Arch Linux:

Prerequisites

Install Required Packages

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Update your package list using the following command:

sudo pacman -Syy 3. Install the required packages for Bugzilla: sudo pacman -S apache mysql perl openssl gd graphviz perl-crypt-ssleay perl-dbd-mysql perl-dbi perl-io-socket-ssl perl-libwww perl-net-ssleay

Create Database

  1. Launch MySQL shell by running:

mysql -u root -p 2. Create a database for Bugzilla using the following command: CREATE DATABASE bugzilla; 3. Create a new user for Bugzilla: CREATE USER 'bugzilla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; 4. Grant the user full access to the database: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugzilla.* TO 'bugzilla'@'localhost'; 5. Exit the MySQL shell: exit

Download and Extract Bugzilla

  1. Download the latest version of Bugzilla from the official website https://www.bugzilla.org/download/.
  2. Extract the tarball using the following command:

tar -xf bugzilla.tar.gz 3. Move the extracted files to the document root of Apache: sudo mv bugzilla-<version> /srv/http/bugzilla

Configure Bugzilla

  1. Change your directory:

cd /srv/http/bugzilla 2. Generate a configuration file using the following command: sudo ./checksetup.pl 3. Edit the configuration file by running: sudo nano localconfig 4. Modify the following parameters:

$webservergroup = 'http';
$db_name = 'bugzilla';
$db_user = 'bugzilla';
$db_pass = 'password';
  1. Save and close the file.

Access Bugzilla

  1. Restart the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl restart httpd 2. Access Bugzilla from your web browser by entering the URL http://localhost/bugzilla.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bugzilla on your Arch Linux machine.

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