Installing Joomla - need help!

[greenhorn]

Hi.

I have set up a Debian LAMP server. (Debian, Appache2, MySQL, PHP4)

PHP test page, and PHPmyAdmin works. Along with the Apache2 placement test page.

I am now trying to install Joomla - a content management system. (www.joomla.org) The problem is I don't have an inkling of a clue where to start. Help please! Anyone who has done this before...please give me a hand!

[alanhaggai]

Download Joomla package. Extract and copy it to your web directory. Now you might need to open joomla/install.php or something. It's written in the doc that comes along with the package.

The installation is very easy. I have done that.

[Tim_Wright]

Documentation for the install process is included in a section of their sourceforge page.

Tim

[greenhorn]

I have downloaded and extracted the files.

I placed them in this directory: /var/www/joomla/joomla1.0.9

My current problem lies in creating a database for the installation on my MySQL server. (I'm using PHPmyAdmin to access this server through a different computer)

When making a new database, it prompts for a "table" I don't know what all the values mean. Anyone have an idea?

[alanhaggai]

The tables will be created automatically during Joomla's installation. You need not bother about that.

[greenhorn]

Ok. I've finally managed to come to the point where I am able to access the "web based install" from a different workstation.


But it seems my file permissions are set wrong, as all the files in the lower part of the screen are 'unwritable.'
How do I fix this?

Also, the web installer tells me that MySQL support is unavailable. phpMyAdmin works fine, other then that I don't have a clue what else I could be doing. Any Ideas?