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So now that you are convinced that Joomla is the best choice for CMS, let’s get started with installing Joomla tutorial. You can either install Joomla on your local machine or on the web server. This tutorial will focus on installing Joomla on your local machine for testing on your own machine.

For installing and running Joomla on your machine, there are no special requirements. You just need to have a Web Browser and an internet connection. You can install Joomla on any operating system, Windows or Mac and test using any Web Browser, Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome.

Installing Joomla on your local machine is very easy. You just need to follow these simple steps and then you can start testing your Joomla website from your local machine.

1. Install XAMPP: XAMPP's name is an acronym for X (meaning cross-platform), Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP and Perl. You need to install XAMPP on your machine in order to provide the database backend, local server and running environment for your Joomla local website. Download XAMPP for the link for your operating system from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html .
   Then, run the downloaded XAMPP setup and check the install Apache and MySQL as service checkboxes.
   Once the setup is complete, you should be able to view the XAMPP screen by visiting http://localhost in your web browser.

1. Download the Joomla Setup: Download the latest version of Joomla from http://www.joomla.org . Create a ‘joomla’ directory inside the htdocs folder in your XAMPP installation folder. Extract the files from Joomla zip to the ‘joomla’ Directory.
2. Install Joomla: Visit http://localhost/joomla to start the Joomla installation. For each step, click on the next button at the top right corner after completing the step.
   1. Enter your language settings and click next.
   2. Check that all the items are green and no red item is there and click next.
   3. Accept the license agreement and click next.
   4. In the database configuration screen, enter ‘testdb’ as MySQL database name, ‘localhost’ as hostname and ‘root’ as username and click Next.
   5. Enter the site name as ‘Joomla Test’ and your email id and admin password and click next. Don’t install the sample data.
   6. Delete the ‘installation’ folder inside your ‘joomla’ folder.
   7. Click on Site button.

Now you will be able to view your local website. Congratulations, you have successfully installed Joomla on your local machine with http://localhost/joomla as your local web address!