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MantisBT - a php based bugtracking system
Copyright (C) 2000-2002  Kenzaburo Ito - kenito@300baud.org
Copyright (C) 2002-2010  MantisBT Team - mantisbt-dev@lists.sourceforge.net
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For complete documentation, please read the administration guide included with
this release in the doc/<lang> directory.  The guide is available in text, PDF,
and HTML formats.

REQUIREMENTS

 * MySQL 4.1.1+, PostgreSQL 8+, or other supported database
 * PHP 5.1.0+
 * a webserver (e.g. Apache or IIS)

INSTALLATION

 * Extract the tarball into a location readable by your web server

 * Point your browser to http://path/to/mantisbt/admin/check.php to ensure that
   your webserver is compatible with MantisBT and configured correctly

 * Point your browser to http://path/to/mantisbt/admin/install.php to begin the
   database installation process

 * Select the database type and enter the credentials to access the database

 * Click install/upgrade

 * Installation is complete -- you may need to copy the default configuration
   to mantisbt/config_inc.php if your web server does not have write access

UPGRADING

 * Backup your existing installation and database -- really!

 * Extract the tarball into a clean directory; do not extract into an existing
   installation, as some files have been moved or deleted between releases

 * Point your browser to http://path/to/mantisbt/admin/check.php to ensure that
   your webserver is compatible with MantisBT and configured correctly

 * Copy your configuration from the old installation to the new directory,
   including config_inc.php, custom_strings_inc.php, and
   custom_constants_inc.php if they exist.

 * Point your browser to http://path/to/mantisbt/admin/install.php to upgrade
   the database schema

 * Click install/upgrade

 * Upgrading is complete

