Installation instructions for Drupal.
Before installing Drupal, you should decide whether you want to use version 5 or 6 Currently a lot of popular and useful modules haven't been ported to Drupal 6.
Prerequisites
Drupal.org system requirements page.
- Web server - Apache is recommended as the majority of Drupal development is done using Apache so there is more community experience and testing performed. Also, Apache's mod_rewrite extension can be used for clean URLs.
- Database Server - MySQL is recommended.
- PHP - PHP 5.2 or higher is recommended.