Installation

Following are the steps for a new Mantis installation:

Following are the steps to upgrade a MantisBT installation:See Upgrading.The following details the basic steps for installation on any system. Theinstructions may seem unix-centric but should work fine on Windows systems.Barring complications, it should take you about 10-20 minutes to install,configure, and be using MantisBT.

Summary

  1. Tranfer files

  2. Uncompress files

  3. Generate database tables

  4. Edit configuration file, if needed

  5. PHP File extensions

  6. Login

  7. Add projects and users