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Can you run Joomla 1.5 without a server?

Asked by Ampers

I am using Ubuntu v8.10 and would like to build a website incorporating a blog.

I have read through a lot of the data on the Joomla site but am confused as it seems to keep referring to servers.

I want to run it on my single home computer.

Any help would be appreciated, and please bear in mind that I get easily lost with Linux. :-)

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Best peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#1

Yep, it's possible to run it on your local host - you can run Joomla on your local host. But you have to install XAMPP first. Reaad the following page:

http://www.apachefriends.org/de/xampp.html

Hope it helps. If you have more questions, please ask. Maybe I''ll be able to get an answer.
Peter

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Ampers (ampers) said : 		#2

Thanks peter, that solved my question.

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Ampers (ampers) said : 		#3

On another front, do you know of any books showing in a simple form how to set it all up?

I noticed two on Amazon.co.uk - one was a Beginners guide and the other one was not due out until later this year. (I could easily wait).

Ampers.

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#4

Hi Ampers

Great if it works.

No, I don't know any books. But you can find a lot of documentation on the following link::
http://docs.joomla.org/

Books you can find under amazon.com. They have al lot of Jommla books. Enter Joomla in the search field and you will find them all.

Hope it helps.
Peter

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Mohammad Alhobayyeb (mih1406) said : 		#5

synaptic package manager -> edit -> Mark packages by task -> LAMP Server

I wish this help

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Ampers (ampers) said : 		#6

Thanks, Mohammad, downloading now.

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Ampers (ampers) said : 		#7

And thank you for the documentation link Peter, looks like just what I needed.

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#8

Great. Hope it helps. Have a nice time and be well.
Peter

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Mohammad Alhobayyeb (mih1406) said : 		#9

Notice that you can have a mail server though, start spamming ;)