i've tried installing drupal about five times and have had no luck. Heres what i go through for an install, someone please tell me if they see something wrong with it.
root@chaos:~# ls
Desktop drupal-4.6.3.tar.gz loadlin16c.zip
apache_pb.gif loadlin16c.txt mysql-4.1.7-i486-1jim.tgz
root@chaos:~# tar -zxvf drupal-4.6.3.tar.gz
drupal-4.6.3/
drupal-4.6.3/misc/
drupal-4.6.3/misc/forum-sticky.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/arrow-desc.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/xml.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/drupal.css
drupal-4.6.3/misc/forum-closed.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/forum-hot.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/druplicon-small.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/watchdog-error.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/powered-by-drupal-light.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/druplicon.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/powered-by-drupal-dark.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/blog.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/menu-expanded.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/menu-leaf.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/menu-collapsed.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/watchdog-warning.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/forum-hot-new.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/powered-by-drupal.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/forum-new.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/arrow-asc.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/forum-default.png
drupal-4.6.3/misc/print.css
drupal-4.6.3/favicon.ico
drupal-4.6.3/update.php
drupal-4.6.3/database/
drupal-4.6.3/database/updates.inc
drupal-4.6.3/database/database.mysql
drupal-4.6.3/database/database.pgsql
drupal-4.6.3/sites/
drupal-4.6.3/sites/default/
drupal-4.6.3/sites/default/settings.php
drupal-4.6.3/scripts/
drupal-4.6.3/scripts/prefix.sh
drupal-4.6.3/scripts/cron-curl.sh
drupal-4.6.3/scripts/code-clean.sh
drupal-4.6.3/scripts/code-style.pl
drupal-4.6.3/scripts/cron-lynx.sh
drupal-4.6.3/xmlrpc.php
drupal-4.6.3/.htaccess
drupal-4.6.3/modules/
drupal-4.6.3/modules/poll.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/menu.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/taxonomy.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/drupal.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/legacy.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/queue.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/tracker.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/help.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/block.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/forum.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/watchdog.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/upload.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/locale.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/statistics.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/search.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/user.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/story.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/page.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/aggregator.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/filter.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/blogapi.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/contact.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/archive.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/ping.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/profile.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/comment.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/path.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/throttle.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/blog.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/system.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/book.module
drupal-4.6.3/modules/node.module
drupal-4.6.3/LICENSE.txt
drupal-4.6.3/index.php
drupal-4.6.3/themes/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/background.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/style.css
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/screenshot.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/chameleon.theme
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/marvin/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/marvin/style.css
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/marvin/druplicon-watermark.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/marvin/bullet.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/marvin/screenshot.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/marvin/logo.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/logo.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/chameleon/common.css
drupal-4.6.3/themes/engines/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/engines/xtemplate/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/engines/xtemplate/xtemplate.engine
drupal-4.6.3/themes/engines/xtemplate/xtemplate.inc
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/background.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-prev.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-next.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/forum-link.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/style.css
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-next-hover.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-prev-visited.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-up-visited.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/tabs-option-hover.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-up.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/tabs-option-off.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/header-a.jpg
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/header-b.jpg
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/header-c.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/screenshot.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-prev-hover.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/tabs-option-on.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/icon-comment.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/logo-active.jpg
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/icon-block.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/tabs-off.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/logo-background.jpg
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/logo.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/xtemplate.xtmpl
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/forum-container.jpg
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/logo-hover.jpg
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-up-hover.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/arrow-next-visited.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/pushbutton/tabs-on.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/bluemarine/
drupal-4.6.3/themes/bluemarine/style.css
drupal-4.6.3/themes/bluemarine/screenshot.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/bluemarine/logo.png
drupal-4.6.3/themes/bluemarine/xtemplate.xtmpl
drupal-4.6.3/includes/
drupal-4.6.3/includes/menu.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/module.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/xmlrpc.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/pager.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/file.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/locale.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/bootstrap.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/image.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/theme.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/xmlrpcs.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/session.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/database.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/tablesort.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/common.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/database.pgsql.inc
drupal-4.6.3/includes/database.mysql.inc
drupal-4.6.3/CHANGELOG.txt
drupal-4.6.3/INSTALL.txt
drupal-4.6.3/cron.php
drupal-4.6.3/MAINTAINERS.txt
root@chaos:~# ls
Desktop drupal-4.6.3 loadlin16c.txt mysql-4.1.7-i486-1jim.tgz
apache_pb.gif drupal-4.6.3.tar.gz loadlin16c.zip
root@chaos:~# mv drupal-4.6.3/* drupal-4.6.3/.htaccess /var/www/htdocs/
root@chaos:~# mysqladmin -u root -p create drupal
Enter password:
root@chaos:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 17 to server version: 4.1.7-log
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> grant all privileges on drupal.*
-> to root@chaos identified by 'cinnamon';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.09 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
mysql> \q
Bye
root@chaos:~# /var/www/htdocs
bash: /var/www/htdocs: is a directory
root@chaos:~# cd /var/www/htdocs
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs# ls
CHANGELOG.txt LICENSE.txt cron.php favicon.ico index.php modules sites update.php
INSTALL.txt MAINTAINERS.txt database includes misc scripts themes xmlrpc.php
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs# mysql -u root -p drupal < database/database.mysql
Enter password:
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs# exit
jeffrey@chaos:~$ su
Password:
Sorry.
jeffrey@chaos:~$ su
Password:
root@chaos:/home/jeffrey# cd /var/www/htdocs
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs# cd sites/default
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs/sites/default# ls
settings.php
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs/sites/default# pico settings.php
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs/sites/default# httpd restart
root@chaos:/var/www/htdocs/sites/default#
