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Prior to installation of bugzilla, a CGI capable webserver package should be installed, together with the [mysql-client] packages. If a remote [mysql-server] is not being used, it is also necessary to install the [mysql-server] package.

Installation of the web server

It is assumed the the [thttpd] web server package is being used for bugzilla.

Installation of the mysql server daemon

Installation of the mysql client

Configure the password for the mysql root user

It is necessary to configure a password for the mysql root user. The default blank password cannot be used. To setup the mysql root password for first time, use mysqladmin command at shell prompt as follows:

Installation of the bugzilla package

Install the bugzilla package.

Configure database for bugzilla with dbconfig-common

The bugzilla package must have a database installed and configured before it can be used. If this is a first time installation and the database has not been installed or configured, this option will configure a common database.

Configure database for bugzilla with dbconfig-common? y

What is the password for the administrative account with which this package should create its mysql database and user?

Password of your database's administrative user:

Errors during installation

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

This error occurs if the mysql root password has not been set, or the password being entered at the dbconfig-common password prompt does not match that of the mysql root user.

Resolution

Configure the password for the ["mysql"] root user

mysql said: ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'bugzilla'

There is a bug in the bugzilla configure script, which causes an Unknown database error if the bugzilla database does not exist.

Resolution

To resolve this error, it is necessary to create an empty bugzilla database:

First login to ["mysql"]:

Create the bugzilla database: