Installing Joomla2.5.x on local host is easy but can be tricky for the first time.
As you know, any website needs to be hosted on a web server in order to be shown to users. Normally, you would needto buyahosting package from some hosting provider like Rackspace or GoDaddy.Depended on the package you choose,ahosting provider will install a web server for you on one of their server machines.So, localhost is basicallythe sameweb server but installed on your own computer.
Now, in order to run Joomla, you need not only a web server, but also 2 more things: PHP script interpreter and MySQL database system. It sounds complicated but thankfully, there is a single package called XAMPP with all the elements included.
