how to Install Joomla step by step

Installing Joomla!

Prerequisites

You will need to install apache2, mysql-server-5.0, mysql-client-5.0 and php5 in order to have a web-server for Joomla!.

Which stack should I choose?

- XAMPP automatically configures ownership.

- LaMp requires use of the CHOWN command,

- BitNami Joomla! Stack is free, self-contained and automatically configures the LAMP stack and Joomla!

XAMPP

Step 1: Download

Download XAMPP for Linux to your your Home folder.

Step 2: Installation

After downloading simply type in the following commands:

1. Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:su
2. Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt
   Warning: Please use only this command to install XAMPP. DON'T use any Microsoft Windows tools to extract the archive, it won't work.
   Warning 2: already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.

That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.

 Step 3: Start

To start XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/lampp/lampp start

You should now see something like this on your screen:

Starting XAMPP 1.8.1...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.

Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.

Step 4: Test

OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:

http://localhost

The index.php will redirect to

http://localhost/xampp

Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples.

                  

                      

IMPORTANT FILES AND DIRECTORIES
File/Directory	Purpose
/opt/lampp/bin/	The XAMPP commands home. /opt/lampp/bin/mysql calls for example the MySQL monitor.
/opt/lampp/htdocs/	The Apache DocumentRoot directory.
/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf	The Apache configuration file.
/opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf	The MySQL configuration file.
/opt/lampp/etc/php.ini	The PHP configuration file.
/opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf	The ProFTPD configuration file. (since 0.9.5)
/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php	The phpMyAdmin configuration file.

Stopping XAMPP

To stop XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/lampp/lampp stop

You should now see:

Stopping LAMPP 1.8.1...
LAMPP: Stopping Apache...
LAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
LAMPP stopped.

And XAMPP for Linux is stopped.

 To Uninstall

To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:

rm -rf /opt/lampp 

Get Joomla

Step 1: Download

Download the latest Joomla installation zip HERE

Step 2: Installation

Unzip to your hard drive 

Copy entire joomla folder to /opt/lampp/htdocs/

Now Open Web and Type http://localhost/joomla

Follow joomla installation steps.

Choose language:

                     

Pre-installation check:

                       

Joomla license agreement:

                       

Joomla database configuration:
select mysql, username-"root"
password - if you have not set leave blank   

                      

FTP configuration: Leave Blank if not required  

                    

Main configuration 

                     

Finish:
Remove “installation” directory.

                    

Test Joomla 

Open your new website's administration page by entering the address such as 'localhost/joomla/administrator' in the web browser url.
Key in joomla's administrator username and password.

                          

Here's Joomla administration menu page:

                      

Joomla Main Page:

                     

That's all. What you have to do next is to set up your website. Joomla provides sample data that you can use as an example on how your website can be. You can use that as a guide. My personal opinion, to set up a website using Joomla cms is very easy. good luck!
Enjoy............