Using Bugzilla to track bugs on Linux systems

Keeping track of issues, challenges, and revisions can be a tricky task for those responsible for support, but there is a perfect open source solution to this requirement: Bugzilla. After you install it, you can easily track bugs and be notified when specific problems and solutions are found. This article gives step-by-step instructions for installing Bugzilla on a Linux system.

Bugzilla is a flaw or bug tracking system that allows individuals or team developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their products. Such systems allow users to track bugs and code modifications, communicate with other teammates, submit and review revised patches, and achieve quality assurance.

Bugzilla is well known in the developer community because:

-It is a fully functional (full-featured) implementation.

-it is actively supported by the developer community and often gets a positive upgrade from many users who use it all day long.

-It's open source.

-It's free.

Many organizations are using Bugzilla, including IBM and IBM's Linux Technology Center. You can add this bug-and-solution tracking tool to your Linux system by following the Bugzilla installation instructions in the article.

Prerequisites for Installation

The latest stable version of Bugzilla is 2.18RC3, which requires that the following software version be installed on your Linux system (see Resources for links):

-Perl version 5.6.0 or later, it should contain the following Perl module version:

-AppConfig 1.52
-CGI 2.93
-Data::D umper, any version
-Date::format 2.21
-DBI 1.36
-Dbd::mysql 2.101 0
-File::spec 0.82
-file::temp, any version
-Template 2.08
-text::wrap 2001.0131
-MySQL version 3.23.41 or a higher version.

-An HTTP Web server, preferably Apache or ibm_http server (I will use Apache here).

-A message transfer agent, such as Sendmail 8.7 or higher.