These are quick steps to install Bugzilla 4.0 on Ubuntu 12.04 and above, you can refer to
The Official Bugzilla Docs for detailed steps if needed.
Install Perl
Check the version of Perl you have installed on your machine.
$ perl -v
Bugzilla runs with Perl 5.8.1 or higher. If you don't have Perl installed on your machine, install it.
$ sudo apt-get install perl
Install MySQL
Check the version of MySQL you have installed on your machine.
$ mysql --version
Bugzilla runs with MySQL 4.1.2 or higher. If you don't have MySQL installed on your machine, install it.
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-admin mysql-client mysql-server
Install Apache
Check if Apache web server is already installed.
$ apache2 -v
If you don't have Apache installed already, install it.
$ sudo apt-get install apache2
Download Bugzilla Tarball
Download the latest 4.0 tarball from the Bugzilla site into your download directory.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-4.0.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -xvf bugzilla-4.0.tar.gz
Move the Bugzilla directory to the default web server directory.
$ cd /var/www/
$ sudo mv /home/build03/Downloads/bugzilla-4.0 bugzilla
Change the permission and ownership of the bugzilla folder.
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data bugzilla
$ sudo chmod -R 755 bugzilla
Install Perl modules needed for Bugzilla
Check if you have all the Perl modules required for Bugzilla. It is a
good idea to install all the required as well as the optional modules.
$ cd /var/www/bugzilla/
$ sudo ./checksetup.pl --check-modules
A lot of the Perl modules might be missing, first try to install all of them in one command
$ sudo /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl --all
Run the check setup script again to see which modules still need to be installed.
$ sudo ./checksetup.pl --check-modules
Install
mod_perl & Apache2::SizeLimit modules if they did not get installed.
$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-perl2-dev libapache2-mod-perl2-doc
$ sudo /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Apache2::SizeLimit
Once all the Perl modules have been installed, run checksetup.pl again,
this time without the --check-modules switch, this will create a file
called "localconfig".
$ sudo ./checksetup.pl
$ sudo gedit localconfig
Change the following properties to
$db_pass = 'your password for bugs@localhost';
Create a User for Bugzilla for MySQL Access
Add the new user bugs@localhost with the same password that you entered in the localconfig file above.
Enable apache modules for perl and cgi:
$sudo a2enmod
and type perl and cgi one by one.
$ sudo useradd -d /home/bugs -m bugs
$ sudo passwd bugs
Create the bugs database
The bugs database will be used by the 4.0 installation of Bugzilla.
$ sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| bugzilla3 |
| mysql |
+--------------------+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)
mysql> create database bugs;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| bugs |
| bugzilla3 |
| mysql |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE,
LOCK TABLES, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.* TO
bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'your password for bugs@localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> quit
Bye
Setup the Administrative User for Bugzilla
Rerun
checksetup.pl. It reconfirms that all the modules are
present, and notices the altered localconfig file, which it assumes you
have edited to your satisfaction. It compiles the UI templates,
connects to the database using the 'bugs' user you created and the
password you defined, and creates the 'bugs' database and the tables
therein.
If all goes well, it will ask you for an email for the Bugzilla Administrator account and the password for that account.
Configure Apache to server Bugzilla
Navigate to the Apache directory and edit the httpd.conf file
$ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
$ sudo gedit default
Add the following to the default
<Directory "/var/www/bugzilla">
AddHandler cgi-script cgi
DirectoryIndex index.cgi
Options +Indexes +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Restart Apache web server.
$ sudo service apache2 stop
$ sudo service apache2 start
