1. system required

zentao needs apache, php(>5.2) and mysql, java jre

2. install the allinone package on windows

We have build an allinone package for windows systems. This package comes from the xampp project which is a great AMP tool.

2.1 download our .exe package.
2.2 double click the .exe and extract it into c:\xampp or d:\xampp, keep it under the root directory.
2.3 start zentao

      cd c:\xampp, there'is control panel tools. double click it, it will stay on the tray menu at the bottom of the window.
      click the zentao icon, then the menu will show, you can choose the "start zentao", waiting for a moment.
      Then you can visit zentao through http://localhost/zentao/

3. install the allinone package on linux

We also build an allinone package for linux systems from the xampp tool.

3.1 download our .7z package, and save it to /opt/
3.2 cd /opt/ and chmod a+rx *.7z and then execute the 7z file, which will self extrct.
3.3 after extract, the directory should be /opt/lampp
3.4 cd /opt/lampp, and execute sudo ./start or sudo ./start88 to start apache in 88 port and mysql in 3308 port.
3.5 then you can visit zentao through http://localhost/zentao/

4. install the source code.

4.1 install one AMP package.  you can install other AMP package. Make sure the version of apache, php and mysql meets the needs of zetnao.
4.2 download our zip package.
4.3 unpack it.
    after download our zip package, save it to the apache's htdocs path and unpack it to zentaopms. make sure the zentaopms path can be
    visited through browse.
4.4 copy file:
    cp www/install.php.tmp www/install.php.tmp
4.5 run minify (require java and YUICompressor https://github.com/yui/yuicompressor/releases):
    cd tools
    php minifyfront.php
4.6 start the installation
    open your browser and visit the zentaopms path, for example http://192.168.1.1/zentaopms/, then the install wizard will launch, you can install it
    step by step.
4.7 if installation success delete file www/install.php