In this article i explain how do I install joomla, it is a CMS (Content Management System) for general purpose portals based on PHP+MySQL technologies. Warning: if you want install th Joomla version with spanish administration system, download entire opackage from here: Joomla_1.0.13-spanish-premium.tar.gz, here. As usually I keep mi traditional refference note: Origin http://joomla.org/ Repository Download: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/ Modules: http://www.module.joomlademo.de/index.php Themes: themes Translations: todos los lenguajes Extensions: http://extensions.joomla.org/ Paquete Joomla_1.0.13-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz Documentation (Spanish) Administration: http://ayuda.joomlaspanish.org/ayuda-joomla/ Documentation (English) Help: http://help.joomla.org/ For developers: http://dev.joomla.org/ Go to the oficial web and download the package. Unzip it in our server:

tar -zxvf Joomla_1.0.13-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz
cp -r Joomla_1.0.13-Stable-Full_Package /var/www
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www

With this action we are installing joomla in our web root. Create the portal data base:

elite:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7748
Server version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch1-log Debian etch distribution

Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> create database joomla;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> grant all on joomla.* to 'joomla_admin'@'localhost' identified by 'contraseña-super-segura';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

mysql> quit
Bye

Then continue the installation with the web assistance going to the URL: http://www.mydomain.com.

• Pass the requirements test. In my installation I must add the following parameter to my PHP configuration: session.auto_start = 0.
• Accept the GPL license.
• Write the DDBB data connection.
• Site data and administrator password.
• Be careful: delete the installation directory

rm -r /var/www/installation/

Finally we can acceed to the administration wev through the link: http://www.mydomain.com/administrator/index.php