How to Install Joomla in Ubuntu

1.Open a terminal and run the following command
key in

SOURCEPKG=Joomla_1.6.5-Stable-Full_Package.zip

then press enter

SOURCEWWW=http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/15179/66269/Joomla_1.6.5-Stable-Full_Package.zip

then press enter

2. Download Joomla

mkdir joomla

then press enter

cd joomla

then press enter

wget $SOURCEWWW

then press enter


6. Unpack Joomla!

unzip $SOURCEPKG

then press enter


7. Cleanup

rm -f $SOURCEPKG

then press enter


8. Move Joomla!

cd ..

then press enter

sudo mv joomla /var/www/

then press enter

9. Set permission to writable, allow writting in whole joomla subtree

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/joomla

then press enter

10. Handle file and directory permissions:

cd /var/www/joomla

then press enter

sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

then press enter

sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

then press enter

11. Create a database for Joomla!

mysqladmin -u root -p create joomla

then press enter

12. creates a mysql user (other than the mysql root user) with some priviledges to use the joomla database

mysql -u root -p

mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES ON joomla.* TO 'yourusername'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';

13. activate the new permissions

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

14. Quit the mysql prompt

mysql>

\q

15. Open history file for MySQL commands and delete the above SQL, since the password is in readable format!

gedit ~/.mysql_history

16. Restart Apache2

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

17. Point your browser to

http://localhost/joomla/

, and you will be guided through by the Joomla! installer.

Good Luck!

the original tutorial was from http://www.blog.highub.com/linux/install-and-run-joomla-on-ubuntu