Setting up mod_userdir and editing php5.conf appropriately could be
helpful if you want to keep your files in /home/[username]/public_html/


Mike 

On 2012-06-04 08:35, JD Austin wrote: 

> If you have the
typical apache/mysql/php stack installed on your machine Joomla is
pretty easy to install.
> 
> * install apache/mysql/php if you haven't
already
> * create a database for it in mysql
> * extract the joomla zip
file to your web-root folder (often /var/www/html)
> * fire up a web
browser to 'http://localhost [1]' assuming you're running it on your own
machine.
> * follow the prompts.
> 
> For any of the above that isn't
obvious Google is your friend :)
 

Links:
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[1] http://localhost