PhpBB

phpBB is an open source forum web application.

Preinstall
phpBB is a lamp stack web application. As such we need apache mysql & php.

Php must be compiled with database support.

add -D PHP5 in APACHE2_OPTS to /etc/conf.d/apache

Mysql
Create a database for phpBB to interact with.

Install
point your browser to http://localhost/phpBB or for ssl installs https://localhost/phpBB

Top left tabs go to install.

database dsn is localhost database name is phpbb database username is phpbb database password is 'changeme' (what you changed the mysql database password to) leave prefix alone set up administrator account. set email & domain name settings & next next next till your done.
 * page 1 & 2 next
 * page 3
 * page 4 next
 * page 5
 * page 6 & 7 next
 * page 8

as root move the install directory

page is now accessable @ http://localhost/phpBB/index.php or for ssl https://localhost/phpBB/index.php & administrators control panel is the bottom center link on that page