Initial Configuration

Make the settings file writeable for the install:

Make a copy of the default settings file (in case we want to set up multisite):

Create the files directory:

Database configuration
With your web brower, load the site at http://www.domain.com (the hostname you used in the Apache configuration). Enter the appropriate MySQL database, username, and password into the provided fields. Submi

Once you have submitted the MySQL settings and the settings.php file has been adjusted, remove write privileges from it:

First-user configuration
If Drupal successfully connected to the database it will give you a link to go to your new site. On the welcome page that link displays, follow the provided instructions in step 1 to create your site administrator account.

Go to /?q=admin/settings/site-information and enter some basic site details.

Go to /admin/settings/clean-urls and enable Clean URLs.

/admin/settings/date-time - adjust site timezone.

Image toolkit
If you wish to use the ImageMagick toolkit for processing images, you need to install the development package:

Then install the Image module.
To enable the ImageMagick as a toolkit option: http://drupal.org/node/131994