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Hi, I am another newbie stuck with the installation of Drupal over Xampp. I think it could be useful to a good number of Drupal-starters to have access to a step by step guide. This is a failed attempt which, I warn you, doesn't work.

It would be great if somebody more knowledgeable could correct and complete it. Thanks,
joseant

1)Download xampp-linux-1.5.5a.tar.gz to /home/'user'
2)tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.5a.tar.gz -C /opt
3)Download drupal-5.0-rc1.tar.gz to /home/'user'
4)mv drupal-5.0-rc1/* drupal-5.0-rc1/.htaccess /var/www
5)mkdir /opt/lampp/var/www
6)tar xvfz drupal-5.0-rc1.tar.gz -C /home/'user'
7)mv drupal-5.0-rc1/* drupal-5.0-rc1/.htaccess /opt/lampp/var/www
8)mkdir /opt/lampp/var/www/files
9)/opt/lampp/lampp start
10)http://localhost
11)http://localhost/phpmyadmin
12)Create new database: drupaldb, utf8_general_ci
13)Create new user: 'user', localhost, 'password'
14)Edit specific privileges of 'user' to drupaldb: mark all.
15)Download drupal-4.7.5.tar.gz to /home/'user'
16)tar xvfz drupal-4.7.5.tar.gz -C /home/'user'
17)Import table for drupaldb from /home/'user'/drupal-4.7.5/database/database.4.1.mysql
18)gedit /opt/lampp/var/www/sites/default/settings.php
19)$db_url = 'mysql://'user':'password'@localhost/drupaldb';
20)$base_url = 'http://localhost'; // NO trailing slash!