INSTALL

Ok, here's the quick and dirty install instructions:

1. Create database.

        create database phpbt default character set utf8;
        grant all on phpbt.* to 'phpbt'@'%' identified by 'yourpassword' ;

2. Copy the directory tree to a location suitable for serving web pages.
	 
3. With your web browser, go the location where you installed the package.
   You will be presented with a web page that will help you configure and 
   install the application.  You may need to download and copy a
   new "config.php" into the installation location.

4. If you get a blank page, check your web server's error logs for php errors.

5. After completing the installation, login, set up a project,
   and start reporting bugs.

Mandantory:
You must have magic_quotes_gpc set to OFF (since 1.5 version) either in php.ini or in .htaccess
(see http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php for more info).

Optional:
Install JpGraph for home page graphs (See http://www.aditus.nu/jpgraph/).  If you get error "Non-static method DB::isError() should not be called statically", then edit the JpGraph configuration to set "CATCH_PHPERRMSG" to false.

Install Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer for bug list download support ("pear install Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-beta").


Performance Note:
phpBugTracker benefits a lot from a query cache, and will be unusable without one.
Most mysql platforms come with one enabled by default. If not, play with:

    SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'query_cache_size';
    SHOW STATUS LIKE '%qcache%';
    SET  GLOBAL query_cache_size=256000;

mysql is the most tested database platform. others not supported now.


Problems?
The majority of problems reported are with PEAR DB not working.  Edit PEAR_TEST.php to help work out these problems, before attempting the bug tracker.