Step-by-Step Bugzilla Installation Guide For Linux PDF

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Bugzilla is the best open source bug tracking system. Very simple to use with lot of features. Bugzilla allows you to track the bugs and collaborate with developers and other teams in your organization effectively. This is a detailed step-by-step bugzilla installation guide for Linux.
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1. Verify Perl Version

Make sure your perl version is >= 5.8.1 as shown below.
# perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i386-linux-thread-multi
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Most Linux distributions comes with perl. If you dont have it on yours, download and install it from corresponding distribution website.
2. Install MySQL Database

Make sure your MySQL version is >= 4.1.2 as shown below.
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/05/install-bugzilla-on-linux/[11/11/2011 4:30:37 PM]
Step-by-Step Bugzilla Installation Guide for Linux # mysql -V mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.77, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 5.1
If you dont have mysql, install it as using yum groupinstall, or based on LAMP install article, or based on mysql rpm article.
3. Install Apache
If you already have apache installed, make sure you are able to access it by using http://{yourip-address}.
If you dont have apache, install is using yum based on LAMP install article, or install apache from source.
4. Download latest Bugzilla tar ball

Download the latest stable release from bugzilla download page. Extract the bugzilla*.tar.gz file to the apache document root directory as shown below.
# cd ~ # wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-3.6.tar.gz # cd /var/www/html # tar xvfz /usr/save/bugzilla-3.4.6.tar.gz
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5. Execute the bugzilla checksetup.pl

Bugzilla checksetup.pl program will verify whether all the required perl modules are installed. This will also display a list of all missing bugzilla modules that needs to be installed. You can run the checksetup.pl program as many times as you like until youve verified all the required perl modules are installed. Following is the output of 1st run of checksetup.pl, where is has listed all the missing optional and required modules.
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# cd /var/www/html/bugzilla-3.4.6 # ./checksetup.pl --check-modules COMMANDS TO INSTALL OPTIONAL MODULES: GD: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD Chart: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Chart::Base Template-GD: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Template::Plugin::GD::Image GDTextUtil: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD::Text GDGraph: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD::Graph XML-Twig: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl XML::Twig MIME-tools: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl MIME::Parser libwww-perl: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl LWP::UserAgent PatchReader: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl PatchReader PerlMagick: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Image::Magick perl-ldap: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Net::LDAP Authen-SASL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Authen::SASL RadiusPerl: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Authen::Radius SOAP-Lite: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl SOAP::Lite HTML-Parser: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl HTML::Parser HTML-Scrubber: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl HTML::Scrubber Email-MIME-Attachment-Stripper: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper Email-Reply: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::Reply TheSchwartz: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl TheSchwartz Daemon-Generic: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Daemon::Generic mod_perl: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl mod_perl2 YOU MUST RUN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS (depending on which database you use): PostgreSQL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::Pg MySQL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::mysql Oracle: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::Oracle http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/05/install-bugzilla-on-linux/[11/11/2011 4:30:37 PM]
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Step-by-Step Bugzilla Installation Guide for Linux COMMANDS TO INSTALL REQUIRED MODULES (You *must* run all these commands and then rerun checksetup.pl): /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl CGI /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Digest::SHA /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Date::Format /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DateTime /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DateTime::TimeZone /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Template /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::Send /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME::Encodings /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME::Modifier /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl URI To attempt an automatic install of every required and optional module with one command, do: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl --all
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6. Execute bugzilla install-module.pl

As suggested by the output of the checksetup.pl, you can execute the install-module.pl to install all bugzilla required and optional perl modules.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl --all
Please review the output of the above install-module.pl to make sure everything got install properly. There is a possibility that some of the modules failed to install (may be because some required OS packages were missing). Execute the checksetup.pl to verify whether all the modules got installed properly. Following is the output of 2nd run of the checksetup.pl:
# ./checksetup.pl --check-modules COMMANDS TO INSTALL OPTIONAL MODULES: GD: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD Chart: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Chart::Base Template-GD: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Template::Plugin::GD::Image GDTextUtil: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD::Text GDGraph: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD::Graph http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/05/install-bugzilla-on-linux/[11/11/2011 4:30:37 PM]
Step-by-Step Bugzilla Installation Guide for Linux XML-Twig: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl XML::Twig PerlMagick: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Image::Magick SOAP-Lite: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl SOAP::Lite mod_perl: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl mod_perl2 YOU MUST RUN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS (depending on which database you use): PostgreSQL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::Pg MySQL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::mysql Oracle: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::Oracle
7. Install missing Perl Modules

As we see from the above checksetup.pl output, some of the optional modules and required module installed was not completed when we ran the install-module.pl. So, we have to install the missing modules manually one-by-one to figure out the issues and fix it one-by-one. Refer to the Troubleshooting Section at the end for list of all the issues that I faced while installing the perl modules required for bugzilla (along with the solution on how to fix those issues).
8. Final checksetup.pl check-modules verification

Execute checksetup.pl check-modules again as shown below as final verification to make sure all the modules got installed successfully.
# ./checksetup.pl --check-modules * This is Bugzilla 3.4.6 on perl 5.8.8 * Running on Linux 2.6.18-164.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 04:10:44 EDT 2009 Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking perl modules... for CGI.pm (v3.21) for Digest-SHA (any) for TimeDate (v2.21) for DateTime (v0.28) for DateTime-TimeZone (v0.71) for DBI (v1.41) Template-Toolkit (v2.22) Email-Send (v2.00)
ok: found v3.49 ok: found v5.48 ok: found v2.24 ok: found v0.55 ok: found v1.17 ok: found v1.52 ok: found v2.22 ok: found v2.198
Checking for Checking for
Checking for Email-MIME (v1.861) ok: found v1.903 Checking for Email-MIME-Encodings (v1.313) ok: found v1.313 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/05/install-bugzilla-on-linux/[11/11/2011 4:30:37 PM]
Step-by-Step Bugzilla Installation Guide for Linux Checking for Email-MIME-Modifier (v1.442) Checking for URI (any) Checking Checking Checking Checking available perl DBD modules... for DBD-Pg (v1.45) for DBD-mysql (v4.00) for DBD-Oracle (v1.19) ok: found v1.903 ok: found v1.54
not found ok: found v4.013 not found
The following Perl modules are optional: Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking for Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking Checking GD (v1.20) Chart (v1.0) Template-GD (any) GDTextUtil (any) GDGraph (any) XML-Twig (any) MIME-tools (v5.406) libwww-perl (any) PatchReader (v0.9.4) PerlMagick (any) ok: found v2.44 ok: found v2.4.1 ok: found v1.56 ok: found v0.86 ok: found v1.44 ok: found v3.34 ok: found v5.427 ok: found v5.834 ok: found v0.9.5 ok: found v6.2.8
for perl-ldap (any) ok: found v0.4001 for Authen-SASL (any) ok: found v2.1401 for RadiusPerl (any) ok: found v0.17 for SOAP-Lite (v0.710.06) ok: found v0.711 for HTML-Parser (v3.40) ok: found v3.65 for HTML-Scrubber (any) ok: found v0.08 for Email-MIME-Attachment-Stripper (any) ok: found v1.316 for Email-Reply (any) ok: found v1.202 for TheSchwartz (any) ok: found v1.10 for Daemon-Generic (any) ok: found v0.61 for mod_perl (v1.999022) ok: found v2.000004
9. Create localconfig file using checksetup.pl

Execute checksetup.pl without any argument, which will create a localconfig file in the current directory. The localconfig file contains the key configuration parameters used by the bugzilla (for example, mysql db username and password).
# ./checksetup.pl Reading ./localconfig... This version of Bugzilla contains some variables that you may want to change and adapt to your local settings. Please edit the file ./localconfig and rerun checksetup.pl. The following variables are new to ./localconfig since you last ran checksetup.pl: create_htaccess, webservergroup, db_driver, db_host, db_name, db_user, db_pass, db_port, db_sock, db_check, index_html, cvsbin, interdiffbin, diffpath, http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/05/install-bugzilla-on-linux/[11/11/2011 4:30:37 PM]
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10. Modify the localconfig file.

The only thing you need to modify the localconfig file is MySQL database db password by changing the $db_pass variable as shown below.
# vi ./localconfig $db_pass = 'Bugs4All';
11. Modify /etc/my.cnf to increase bugzilla attachment size

Set the max_allowed_packet to 4M in the /etc/my.cnf to increase bugzilla attachment size.
# cat /etc/my.cnf [mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock user=mysql # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package). old_passwords=1 # Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks; # to do so, uncomment this line: # symbolic-links=0 # Allow packets up to 4MB max_allowed_packet=4M [mysqld_safe] log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
Restart the mysqld after this change.
# service mysqld restart
12. Create bugs mysql user

Add bugzilla user (bugs) to the mysql database as shown below.
Step-by-Step Bugzilla Installation Guide for Linux # mysql -u root -p mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, LOCK TABLES, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'Bugs4All'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
13. Create the bugzilla database

Execute the checksetup.pl (without any arguments) again to create the mysql bugzilla database. Since the localconfig file already exist, the second time when you execute the checksetup.pl, it will create the mysql database based on the information from localconfig file.
# ./checksetup.pl Creating database bugs... Building Schema object from database... Adding new table bz_schema ... Initializing the new Schema storage... Adding new table attach_data ... Adding new table attachments ... Adding new table bug_group_map ... Adding new table bug_see_also ... Adding new table bug_severity ... Adding new table bug_status ... Inserting values into the 'priority' table: Inserting values into the 'bug_status' table: Inserting values into the 'rep_platform' table: Creating ./data directory... Creating ./data/attachments directory... Creating ./data/duplicates directory... Adding foreign key: attachments.bug_id -> bugs.bug_id... Adding foreign key: attachments.submitter_id -> profiles.userid... Adding foreign key: bug_group_map.bug_id -> bugs.bug_id...
14. Create bugzilla administrator account.

At the end of the ./checksetup.pl execution, it will detect that you dont have an adminsitrator account and request you to enter administration login information as shown below.
Looks like we don't have an administrator set up yet. Either this is your first time using Bugzilla, or your administrator's privileges might have accidentally been deleted. Enter the e-mail address of the administrator: ramesh@thegeekstuff.com Enter the real name of the administrator: Ramesh Natarajan Enter a password for the administrator account: NotRealPwd Please retype the password to verify: welcome ramesh@4medica.com is now set up as an administrator. Creating default classification 'Unclassified'... Creating initial dummy product 'TestProduct'... Now that you have installed Bugzilla, you should visit the 'Parameters' page (linked in the footer of the Administrator account) to ensure it is set up as you wish - this includes setting the 'urlbase' option to the correct URL.
15. Configure apache for mod_perl

Rename the bugzilla directory. (i.e remove the version number in it)
# cd /var/www/html # mv bugzilla-3.4.6/ bugzilla
Add the following two lines to httpd.conf
# tail -2 /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf PerlSwitches -I/var/www/html/bugzilla -I/var/www/html/bugzilla/lib -w -T PerlConfigRequire /var/www/html/bugzilla/mod_perl.pl
Verify the Group in httpd.conf matches the webservergroup in localconfig
# cd /var/www/html/bugzilla/ # grep webservergroup localconfig $webservergroup = 'apache'; # grep Group /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf Group apache
16. Final checksetup.pl execution

Execute the checksetup.pl again.
# ./checksetup.pl Reading ./localconfig... Removing existing compiled templates... Precompiling templates...done. Fixing file permissions... Now that you have installed Bugzilla, you should visit the 'Parameters' page (linked in the footer of the Administrator account) to ensure it is set up as you wish - this includes setting the 'urlbase' option to the correct URL.
17. Login to bugzilla and complete one time setup.

Start the apache, go to http://{your-ip-address}/bugzilla and login using the administrator account you created above. From the bugzilla UI, at the footer -> Administration -> Parameters -> Required Settings section -> Fill-out following information: maintainer: ramesh@thegeekstuff.com urlbase: http://{your-ip-address}/ Note: Depending on your setup, go to -> User Authentication -> and you might want to change requiredlogin and emailregexp parameter.
Troubleshooting Bugzilla Install Issues Issue1: DBD::mysql module failed

The DBD:mysql perl module failed with the mysql.h: No such file or directory error message as shown below.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::mysql dbdimp.h:22:49: error: mysql.h: No such file or directory dbdimp.h:23:45: error: mysqld_error.h: No such file or directory dbdimp.h:25:49: error: errmsg.h: No such file or directory In file included from dbdimp.c:20: dbdimp.h:144: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before MYSQL http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/05/install-bugzilla-on-linux/[11/11/2011 4:30:37 PM]
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Solution1: install mysql-devel

Error message mysql.h: No such file or directory is because mysql-devel package was missing as shown below.
# rpm -qa | grep -i mysql MySQL-python-1.2.1-1 mysql-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2 mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.26r1127-1.el5 mysql-server-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2 libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.8.1a-1.2.2 perl-DBD-MySQL-3.0007-2.el5
Install the mysql-devel package as shown below.
# yum install mysql-devel # rpm -qa | grep -i "mysql-devel" mysql-devel-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2
DBD::mysql installation will go through without any issues now.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::mysql
Issue2: GD failed with missing gdlib-config / libgd

Installing GD module failed with the following error message.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD **UNRECOVERABLE ERROR** Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher. If you want to try to compile anyway, please rerun this script with the option -ignore_missing_gd. Running make test Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test Running make install Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install
Solution2: Install gd-devel package

Install libgd (i.e gd-devel package) as shown below to fix the GD module issue.
# yum install gd-devel # rpm -qa | grep gd gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2 gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2
GD got installed without any issues after insingalling gd-devel package.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl GD
Issue3: Twig Failed with expat.h error

Twig module failed to install with the error message expat.h: No such file or directory as shown below.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl XML::Twig Expat.xs:12:19: error: expat.h: No such file or directory Expat.xs:60: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before XML_Parser
Solution3: Install expat and expat-devel for Twig

Install expat and expat-devel package as shown below.
# yum install expat # yum install expat-devel
Now install Twig without any issues.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl XML::Twig
Issue4: Image::Magick failed to install

Image::Magick installation failed with magick/MagickCore.h: No such file or directory error message as shown below.
# /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Image::Magick Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lMagickCore Magick.xs:64:31: error: magick/MagickCore.h: No such file or directory Magick.xs:171: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before MagickRealType Magick.xs:192: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ImageInfo Magick.xs:214: error: MagickNoiseOptions undeclared here (not in a function) Magick.xs:214: warning: missing initializer
Solution4: Image::Magick failed to install

Make sure following ImageMagic related packages are present.
# rpm -qa | grep -i Image ImageMagick-6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 ImageMagick-devel-6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 ImageMagick-c++-6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 ImageMagick-perl-6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
In my case, ImageMagic-devel was missing. So, installed it as shown below. After that, Image::Magick perl module got installed successfully.
# yum install ImageMagick-devel # /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Image::Magick
Issue5: SOAP::Lite failed to install

SOAP::Lite module failed to install with Cannot locate version.pm in @INC message as shown below.
#/usr/bin/perl install-module.pl SOAP::Lite Failed test 'use SOAP::Lite;' at t/SOAP/Data.t line 5. Tried to use 'SOAP::Lite'. Error: Can't locate version.pm in @INC
Solution5: Install version.pm required for SOAP::Lite

Installed version.pm as shown below. After this, SOAP::Lite got installed without any issue.
# perl -MCPAN -e 'install version' # /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl SOAP::Lite
Issue6 (and Solution6): mod_perl was missing

Dont install mod_perl using /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl mod_perl2 . Insetad, use yum to install mod_perl as shown below.
# yum install mod_perl
Issue7: Apache start failed

Starting apache failed with Cannot locate Template/Config.pm in @INC error message.
# service httpd restart Stopping httpd:
OK
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 994 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Can't locate Template/Config.pm in @INC
Solution7: Install Template-Tool Kit as shown below

Install Template-Tool kit to fix the above apache error message
# cpan cpan> i /Template-Toolkit/ Distribution A/AB/ABEL/Eidolon-Driver-Template-Toolkit-0.01.tar.gz Distribution A/AB/ABW/Template-Toolkit-1.07.tar.gz Distribution A/AB/ABW/Template-Toolkit-2.22.tar.gz Distribution I/IN/INGY/Template-Toolkit-Simple-0.03.tar.gz 4 items found cpan> install A/AB/ABW/Template-Toolkit-2.22.tar.gz
Issue8: Apache start failed again

Starting apache failed with Cannot locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC error message.
# service httpd restart Stopping httpd:
OK
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 994 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC
Solution8: Install DateTime/Locale.pm as shown below

Install DateTime/Locale.pm to fix the above apache error message
# cpan cpan> install DateTime:Locale
Also, in your apache error_log if you see Digest/SHA.pm issue, you should install it as shown below.
# tail -f /etc/httpd/logs/error_log Can't locate Digest/SHA.pm in @INC (@INC contains: # cpan cpan> install Digest::SHA
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jeff
August 10, 2010 at 6:31 am 1
Great article, works like a champ. Saved a lot of time. Thank you. Any chance for a subversion install in the near future?
sh
August 22, 2010 at 2:46 am
# cpan
cpan> install DateTime:Locale wrong => # cpan cpan> install DateTime::Locale
Dinesh
October 8, 2010 at 3:22 am
Very worthful article.
Antti
Hello
Thanks for the step-by-step guide. It was good. I had a problem with Centos 5.5. The Apache couldnt find the DateTime.pm. The problem was solved by different configuration in the httpd.conf. ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/html/bugzilla/ AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Options +Indexes +ExecCGI DirectoryIndex index.cgi AllowOverride Limit Hopefully this will help somebody.
antti
My last post should have had two more lines: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/html/bugzilla/ Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Options +Indexes +ExecCGI DirectoryIndex index.cgi AllowOverride Limit Directory
Surround the directories with the Apache configuration syntax and you are good to go.
Zaher Shalak
thanks for this great article but i face problem in : service httpd restart Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 898 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: $s->add_config() has failed: Option ExecCGI not allowed here at /var/www/html/bugzilla/mod_perl.pl line 82.\nCompilation failed in require at (eval 2) line 1.\n; where line 898 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: , is the line putted in step 15 (PerlConfigRequire ) Could any body help me please thanks a lot & Best Regards
Rahul
December 21, 2010 at 7:07 am
Hi Ramesh The step by step guide was really helpful. Thank you. Im facing a couple of problems though. Firstly I was not able to install ImageMagick no matter what I tried. Secondly, the lines PerlSwitches -I/var/www/html/bugzilla -I/var/www/html/bugzilla/lib -w -T PerlConfigRequire /var/www/html/bugzilla/mod_perl.pl that were added in http.conf while are causing the service to fail. Like you mentioned above I have installed the various packages at the cpan prompt. You have given only 2 instances above but Im facing more cant locate errors. I install each one and then restart httpd and something else is missing. Hope you can help me on this, I,m using CentOS 5.4
chifor andrei
Hello,
first of all i would like to say that the article is a very good one. But i have the same problem as Rahul here: the lines PerlSwitches -I/var/www/html/bugzilla -I/var/www/html/bugzilla/lib -w -T PerlConfigRequire /var/www/html/bugzilla/mod_perl.pl that were added in http.conf while are causing the service to fail. Thank you.
Rahul
Hi Chifor
The http service will fail a no. of times. Each time the service fails check the error it is throwing . Usually you a cant locate error. Every you get this check the module that it cannot locate and install it from the cpan prompt. After a no. of such attempts I was able to successfully start the http service. Even then I was not able to view the Bugzilla home page through the browser. Every time I entered the url I just got to view the various Bugzilla files as HTML documents. Now go the file /var/log/httpd/error_log and check what is the error you are getting. Again install each missing module from the cpan prompt. If everything goes well all dependencies should be resolved and you should be able to view the Bugzilla home page.
Robert Liu
February 18, 2011 at 4:26 am
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I have a question, after I installed the bugzilla, I open the Mozilla Firefox and key in the address http://localhost/bugzilla, it only show the files on the bugzilla directory, What should I do? Thanks. Robert
bunny
February 28, 2011 at 11:57 pm
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HI all, There some thing to be done at the end of installation.. change the httpd conf file so it detects your cgi files then only we can have a GUI interface to bugzilla else it wont work properly.
Alan
March 31, 2011 at 3:53 pm
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Does this apply with Ubuntu Server 32bits ?? Im getting some troubles installing Perl modules YAML is one of the problems but I would like to solve this cauz I cant find the lights
yunus
Hi,
March 31, 2011 at 9:37 pm
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I am unable install /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DateTime and below are my errors. CPAN.pm: Going to build D/DR/DROLSKY/DateTime-0.66.tar.gz Cant locate Module/Build.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /var/www/html/bugzilla/lib/i386-linuxthread-multi /var/www/html/bugzilla/lib /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linuxthread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at Build.PL line 5. BEGIN failedcompilation aborted at Build.PL line 5. Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Build.PL ] DROLSKY/DateTime-0.66.tar.gz /usr/bin/perl Build.PL NOT OK Skipping test because of notest pragma Running Build install Make had some problems, wont install Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determine prerequisities I am eagerly awaiting your reply on this issue in order to complete my bugzilla installation. Regards Yunus
momnotmom
Yunus,
April 13, 2011 at 2:21 pm
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I installed the Build module /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Build and then I was able to install DateTime
sXing
April 18, 2011 at 12:32 pm
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Hey there thx your guide so far is really awesome but I got a problem with the last step. When trying to find httpd.conf the directory doesnt even exist, I installed the packages apache2 & libapache2. The only httpd.conf I found is in the apache2 directory and is empty, please Im stuck at this part, could u help me? Thx in advance
sXing
April 18, 2011 at 12:42 pm
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an additional comment from my side: Where exactly do I have to put the lines from step15
indira
June 3, 2011 at 1:04 am
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installing Active perl removes Not locate issues in installing certain perl modules ?
Suma Ramesh
August 4, 2011 at 7:59 am
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Excellent tutorial Literally spoon feeding Thanks i was able to set up my New Bugzilla in 20 mins..
Anonymous
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for the YAML problem what is did was , in the terminal Type yum install *YAML* Then the problem was solved
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