How to Install Joomla

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com Guide

Create the Joomla database.

1. Create the database

   mysqladmin -u db_user -p create Joomla

2. Login to MySQL

   mysql -u db_user -p

3. Grant privileges

   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Joomla.* TO nobody@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

   Joomla = the Joomla database
   nobody@localhost = your DB account
   password = the password for the database user
4. Flush the DB privileges

   flush privileges;