http://www.mantisbt.org/manual/manual.installation.upgrading.php
Versions used
Upgrade from 1.1.6 to 1.2.0
Steps
- Backup the mantis database
- Backup the mantis directory on the web server
- Rename the file c:\apache\htdocs\mantis\mantis_offline.php.sample to mantis_offline.php
- Unzip the latest mantis package to a temporary folder e.g. C:\temp
- Copy the contents of c:\temp\mantisbt-1.2.0 to the web server e.g. C:\apache\htdocs\mantis, replacing all existing files and folders
- Delete the file c:\apache\htdocs\mantis\core\my_view_inc.php
- Using a browser, navigate to localhost/mantis/admin/install.php
- Supply a database username and password to use to upgrade the database
- Click on the install/upgrade database button
- Installation should be successful
- Confirm the installation status by navigating to localhost/mantis/admin/check.php
- Delete the file c:\apache\htdocs\mantis\mantis_offline.php. It may be appropriate to delete all old files from the previous version (those which haven't been replaced because they no longer exist in the new version)
- Delete the folder c:\apache\htdocs\mantis\admin
- Using a browser, navigate to localhost/mantis to log in and use the latest version of mantis
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