Install Mantis on windows

Trabla: install Mantis Bug Tracker on windows

This tutorial explains how to install Mantis Bug Tracking System ( version 1.2.19 ) on windows.

Mantis Bug Tracker is a free and open source, web-based bug tracking system released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. The most common use of MantisBT is to track software defects. However, MantisBT is often configured by users to serve as a more generic issue tracking system and project management tool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_Bug_Tracker


Latest "Install Mantis Bug Tracker 1.3.1 on Windows 7 x64" Tutorial ( with Video )"
- https://codingtrabla.blogspot.com/2016/09/install-mantis-bug-tracker-131-on.html

Solving:

1. Download and install XAMPP ( Apache + MariaDB(MySQL) + Php + Perl ) for Windows
https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

After installation start Apache and MySQL (MariaDB) in XAMPP control panel:

2. Download Mantis Bug Tracker ( MantisBT 1.2.19 ) sources
Goto:  https://www.mantisbt.org

1) Click "Download" button

2)  Click "Download" :)

3) Click "Download" :)

4) Downloading ...

5) Got it - MantisBT 1.2.19 sources archive

3. Now create folder "mantis" in "htdocs" folder of XAMPP
Example:

C:\xampp\htdocs\mantis

4. Copy all files from downloaded mantisbt-1.2.16 archive
to folder C:\xampp\htdocs\mantis

5. Open in browser
http://localhost/mantis  - you should see pre-installation page

6. Now we need to create MySQL database for mantis
open http://localhost/phpmyadmin

- create new database
- name for database "mantis-bugtrecker"
- encoding "utf8-general-ci"
- click "create" button

6. Go back to mantis install page in browser - fill all fields and press "Install / Upgrade Database"
Use "mantis-bugtrecker" as database name.

7. Scroll down page and click "log into Mantis"

8. To login use
login        -  Administrator
password -  root ( database user name - see step 6 )