There are two main install platforms that QaTraq has been tested on; Linux/Unix and Windows. You will find links to install instructions for each of these platforms below.
As QaTraq is based on Apache, Mysql and PHP you will need to be running with these components before you install QaTraq. To help with the installation of these components and QaTraq we provide two installation approaches:
- Quick - for those of you already running, and familiar with, Apache, Mysql and Php.
- Detailed - for those who need to install Apache/IIS, Mysql and Php components as well as QaTraq.
For Windows installs we provide you with install instructions for both XAMPP and IIS. XAMPP is by far the easiest Windows install method. However, if you are already using Microsoft IIS then the IIS install instructions will get you up and running with QaTraq.
WARNING: there are known incompatibility issues between PHP 4.4.2 and MySQL 4.1.14.
In the MySQL 4.1 branch password hashing changed. As a result of PHP 4.4.2 having a built-in mysql client meaning that PHP 4.4.2 is incompatible with MySQL 4.1.14 (more information regarding this issue can be found
here). If you are currently running these versions of PHP and MySQL you have two options ;
(1) Upgrade PHP to a version containing a newer MySQL client compatible with MySQL 4.1
(2) Downgrading MySQL to version 4.0
Please note that if you are following the XAMPP install instructions listed above this issue will not be relevant to you.
