How to Install Bugzilla on Elementary OS Latest

Bugzilla is a web-based bug tracking system that allows developers and users to keep track of software bugs and enhancements. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Bugzilla on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you can start the installation process, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A server running Elementary OS Latest
• Apache web server
• MySQL database server
• Perl and some Perl modules

If you don't have these prerequisites, you can install them by running the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server libapache2-mod-perl2 libcompress-raw-zlib-perl libemail-mime-perl libgd-graph-perl libtemplate-perl libtemplate-perl-doc libtemplate-plugin-gd-perl libwww-mechanize-perl libxml-twig-perl libjson-perl

Download and Install Bugzilla

Once you have the prerequisites installed, you can download and install Bugzilla by following these steps:

1. Download Bugzilla from https://www.bugzilla.org/download/ by clicking on the Download Bugzilla link.
2. Extract the downloaded zip file to the directory where you want to install Bugzilla. For example, if you want to install it in /var/www/html/ run the following command:

sudo unzip /path/to/bugzilla-X.X.X.zip -d /var/www/html/

Note: Replace X.X.X with the version number of the downloaded version.

3. Change the ownership of the extracted directory to the user and group that the web server runs as. For Apache, the user and group are usually www-data. For example, run the following command:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/bugzilla-X.X.X

4. Change the permissions of the data directory inside the extracted directory to allow the web server to write to it. For example, run the following command:

sudo chmod 0777 /var/www/html/bugzilla-X.X.X/data/

5. Create a virtual host configuration file for Bugzilla by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/bugzilla.conf

6. Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bugzilla-X.X.X/
    ServerName example.com

    <Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla-X.X.X/>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace example.com with your domain name or IP address.

7. Save the file and exit the editor.

8. Enable the virtual host configuration by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite bugzilla.conf

9. Restart the Apache web server by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

10. Create a MySQL database and user for Bugzilla by running the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE bugzilla;
CREATE USER 'bugzilla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugzilla.* TO 'bugzilla'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Note: Replace your_password with a strong password.

11. Run the Bugzilla installation script by running the following command:

sudo perl /var/www/html/bugzilla-X.X.X/checksetup.pl

12. Follow the prompts to configure Bugzilla. When prompted for the database name, database user, and database password, enter the values you created in step 10.

13. After the installation process is complete, you should see a message like the following:

Congratulations! You have installed Bugzilla!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Bugzilla on Elementary OS Latest. Now you can use Bugzilla to track bugs and enhancements in your software projects.

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