By th3gh05t on

I am new and don't know how to install it.

I am using Windows XP and don't have Linux.

Please help me...I am not stupid with computers..;)

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cczona’s picture

cczona commented

Unfortunately, your question is quite general. What specifically do you need help with? If you give more detail, no doubt someone would be glad to point you in the right direction. :-)

(By the way, are you definitely planning to host your Drupal site from the XP computer? I ask because commercial hosting companies more frequently offer Linux plans than Windows; so even though you're using XP at home/work, Linux may be what you'll be using for Drupal after all. Just something to consider, if you haven't already...)

Meanwhile, the list of requirements for running Drupal can be found in the handbook. Don't worry, Linux is not required. Then once you have a web server, PHP, and one of the databases running, here is the page explaining how to install Drupal.

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AlexVye commented

I follow these steps, and I can get it done in 10 minutes. I am going to assume that you have apache, mysql, and php installed.
1) unzip the drupal files into a temp directory
2) copy all the drupal files into the apache/htdocs directory
3) in apache/htdocs/includes, edit the file conf.php.
3a) Change $db_url to point at your database
3b) Change $base_url to the url of your site.
Done.

Apache installs perfect from the installer. php requires you to copy some dlls to the apache root directory and edit the php.ini file to point at the php home directory, and also has to be copied to the apache root directory. mysql installs good from the installer, just create a database instance and a user for the database, and grant all to the user.