Beginner's Guide

Chapter 3
Installation
Thanks to the web installer, Joomla can be installed in only a few minutes.
In order to install Joomla on your local PC, it is necessary to set up your "own internet", for which
you'll need a browser, a web server, a PHP environment and as well a Joomla supported database system.
We call this a LAMP stack
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(or XAMP) and a client server system. The Joomla files will be copied to this
system and configured with the Joomla web installer.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
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an installed and functioning web server,7 like Apache (with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib),
version 2.x or Microsoft IIS 7.
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the PHP scripting language, version 5.2.4.
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the MySQL database system, version 5.0.4.
INSTALLATION VARIANTS
You need all the components mentioned above to install a Joomla system for yourself. PC, browser,
and Internet connection are usually available. There are a number of options for web server, PHP
interpreter, and database. You can:
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set the system up locally on your PC
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set the system up on a server in a company's Intranet
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rent a virtual server from a provider
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rent or purchase a server from a provider (with root access)
You can also have the web server and database located on computers that are physically separated
from each other.
You can also, of course, use different:
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brands of web servers
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Versions of PHP interpreters
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_%28software_bundle%29