Your database appears to need patching

This is a brand new installation of ZenCart with the latest version of the software. We can get into the admin area, but the public pages do not show up. In the admin area, there is an error message that says, "Your database appears to need patching."

I don't know if that is referring to the installation of MySQL or to the zencart database files. Can anyone tell me what this error message means and what I should do about it.

Thanks

This is a brand new installation of ZenCart
Unless you imported a previous DB backup you should not see this...

Or crossed cart files with an older zc_install set

Thanks. I'm trying to help someone else with her cart. I thought it was a new download and installation from what she told me, but perhaps not.