User:666threesixes666

Joomla is a powerful php content management system built upon the LAMP stack.

Preinstall
edit /etc/make.conf and add "apache2" to your use flags then merge up lamp.

start mysql

scroll up into the emerge log and setup the root user for mysql running the command printed.

set the lamp stack to start upon boot

edit /etc/conf.d/apache2

add '-D PHP5' to your APACHE2_OPTS line

start up your lamp stack

Backend
setup a directory for joomla in your web server

the ebuilds for joomla are very out of date. pull the latest to your web server.

unpack the zip

Frontend
point your browser @ http://127.0.0.1/joomla/installation/index.php