Installing Drupal – the detailed version

This version goes over each step in more detail and includes screenshots.

1. Download the core Drupal codebase from http://drupal.org/project/drupal.

   

2. Extract the codebase on your local machine.

   Tip

   The Drupal codebase (and all modules and themes) are compressed into a tarball, or a file that is first tarred, and then gzipped. Such compressed files end in .tar.gz.

   On Macs and Linux machines, tar.gz files can be extracted automatically using tools that come preinstalled with the operating system. On PC's, you can use 7-zip, an open source compression utility available at http://www.7-zip.org.

3. In your web browser, navigate to your system's URL for phpMyAdmin. If you are using a different tool for creating and managing your database, use that tool to create your database and database user.

4. As shown in the following screenshot, create the database on your server. Click on the Create button to create your database.

   

   Tip

   Store your database name in a safe place. You...