PhpBB

phpBB is an open source forum web application.

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

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

Mysql
Create a database for phpBB to interact with.

Install
point your browser to http://localhost/phpBB

Top left tabs go to install.

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 & administrators control panel is the bottom center link on that page