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I am fairly new to linux, and totally new to servers, and websites. I want to play around with joomla on my computer, but it requires PHP, MySQL, and Apache. I installed all three of those using pacman, but now I need to unpack joomla into apache? Here is what it says
Unzip the distribution file into a directory under your web server root. If you are using the Apache web server, this is typically c:apachegroupapachehtdocs on Windows and /usr/local/apache/htdocs on a Unix system but it may vary. We are assuming you have a working web server and that you know where to put files to display on the web server.
I am not sure where to put these files, or if I really have a Apache/MySQL/PHP web server?
Anyway, if there is someone who has done this, or knows how to do it in Arch, I would love some help.
Thanks
David
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Put joomla in /home/httpd/html.
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ok, thanks. I moved all the joomla files there, but when I try opening file:///home/httpd/html/index.html I just get a blank page. Does that mean I don't have a server working?
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Use a web browser and point it to http://yourserver
It's a web based setup from a web browser.
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I can't seem to get it to work. Probably because I don't know what I am doing. So I just Got an account with godaddy, and had them install it on my account. Right now I just don't have the time to figure it out, and it is worth it to pay $6/month to use their server.
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You should really install it on your own box first, so you can figure it out before paying out the $$.
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Well, I'll take a crack at explaining this.
/home/httpd/html is your "web root", where apache stores the documents it is showing to people who connect to your server. If you got on a GUI (like KDE or Gnome) and fired up a web browser and told it to connect to http://127.0.0.1, you see the documents you have installed in /home/httpd/html.
I believe that with those packages you get a complete LAMP installation without any extra configuration, but another member who has installed more recently should know better than I do.
You may need to create a MySQL database for joomla to use, and if you need help there, just post back and I can explain that as well.
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Thanks Guys,
When I go to http://127.0.0.1 I get "127.0.0.1," could not be found. I started httpd, but I think there is more to start. When I installed everything I think it told me what to start, but I can't remember now. Also, I am sure I will need help with the MySQL database.
Thanks again for the help.
David
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Have a look at the here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LAMP
They are very good instructions on getting a LAMP server setup which is what you will need for Joomla.
Take things slowly, first install Apache and make sure it's working by using a web browser and pointing it to http://127.0.0.1. You will see a web page with something like, Welcome to Apache.
Then add PHP and MySQL.
Finally add Joomla.
I didn't setup Apache to give each user a website so I extracted Joomla to /home/httpd/html if I remember correctly. Pointed my web browser to http://127.0.0.1 and then did the Joomla web based setup.
Are you installing this on your desktop PC? I normally have my desktop then install server software in a virtual machine.
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