Installation Manual

The box highlighter is showing the .zip variant of the three available compression types of download; in
addition there are .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 types. Just select the one appropriate for your operating system.
A download pop-up will appear, and you should save the file to an appropriate location on your hard drive.
Joomla! Code screen with download pop-up displayed
Open the file on your local hard drive using the appropriate compression program for the type of file. If you
do not already have such a program there are many open source programs available for free, download from
different locations such as Source Forge. In this instance we are using 7-ZIP File Manager, but they all
operate in much the same way (at least on Windows). on Linux systems the same tasks can be achieved
from the command line, or once again, through the use of a separate program. Mac OSX has a number of
options also including the command line, and The Unarchiver has a good reputation or the default, built-in
utility BOMArchiveHelper.app.
7-Zip File Manager displaying the files contained within the Joomla! 1.5 core compressed file.
The Joomla! User Documentation Team 7 The Joomla! v1.5 Installation Manual