Installing Drupal

Hello, I am very impressed by drupal engine, but it doesn't wont to work on my computer. Unfortunately, I'm not a PHP guru, so I can't find the problem by myself.

Environment: windows 2000, php-4.3.4, mysql 4.1.3b, Apache 2.0.47

URL: http://81.1.226.89/drupal

Description of the problem:
After configuring PHP and mysql, I have the first page proposing me to create my first account. But after clicking on any link (creating new account or anything else) Apache gives the following:
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Warning: main(includes/conf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 250

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/conf.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 250

Warning: main(includes/database.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 251

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/database.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 251

Warning: main(includes/session.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 252

I installed Drupal on my iBook (Apache 1.3, MySQL 4.0.17, PHP 4.3.8) and it worked great. I got it setup just the way I wanted it so I figured it was time to send it to my server. I copied the root folder over (still residing in a "/drupal" path) and then sent a copy of the database over. Tweaked the obvious in conf.php and .htaccess. Went to the page: white.

In a shell, I ran the PHP CLI command on the index page of the local install on my iBook. Aside from session errors it worked fine. Did the same to my server (Apache 2.x, MySQL 4.0.20 PHP 4.3.8) and got this mess (where "/path" is the real path, edited for paranoia reasons):

$ php index.php
PHP Warning: mysql_query(): Your query requires a full tablescan (table variable, 2 rows affected). Use EXPLAIN to optimize your query. in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 80
PHP Warning: mysql_query(): Commands out of sync; You can't run this command now in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 80
PHP Fatal error: Commands out of sync; You can't run this command now
query: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, link, location, hostname, timestamp) VALUES (0, 'error', 'warning: mysql_query(): Your query requires a full tablescan (table system, 9 rows affected). Use EXPLAIN to optimize your query. in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 80.', '', 'index.php?index.php', '', 1095648610) in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 97

I have moved an old site to a new site lately. All the data and links seem to be working fine. However, if I view the source while the web page is displayed. I see the following lines inside the source: (from the web browser, click on View then Source...)

i am very new to all of this. i have only html and graphic design experience, but i've inherited a drupal board and am trying to understand it. i was told i should install it on my computer and play around with it locally before i attempt to make any changes to the functional site.

however, i am having quite a bit of difficulty understanding how to even install it

i've been reading this: http://drupal.org/node/257 on installing it on my computer and it mentions things like:

1. DOWNLOAD DRUPAL

You can obtain the latest Drupal release from http://drupal.org/.
Download the current tar.gz format and extract the files:

$ wget http://drupal.org/drupal/drupal-x.x.x.tgz
$ tar -zxvf drupal-x.x.x.tgz

This will create a new directory drupal-x.x.x/ containing all
Drupal files and directories. Move the contents of that directory
into a directory within your web server's document root or your
public HTML directory:

$ mv drupal-x.x.x/* drupal-x.x.x/.htaccess /var/www/html

even with the first instruction, i'm not understanding it. i do not see any files within the drupal-4.4.2.tgz file that i downloaded, named: "$ wget http://drupal.org/drupal/drupal-x.x.x.tgz"

i know how to move something to my web server's directory root, but when they say that, then immeadiately after just show this: $ mv drupal-x.x.x/* drupal-x.x.x/.htaccess /var/www/html... i have no clue what that means

my problem isn´t really a installation problem, the site is hosted at cascadehosting.com, who did a really good job in installing the system.

i ´m running the site in german and want the names of the days of the week and the names of the months to appear in german. how can i manage to?

i´ve seen some postings but none i really understand
kip

Hello everyone.

I've just installed 4.4.2 on my localhost running WAMP. I've successfully made it to the initial set-up page, however, if I click a link to Create a New User, I simply get a list of the files in the /drupal directory on the server. I notice that when I hover over the link, in the Firefox status bar, the URL is http://localhost/drupal/?q=user/register . I'm positive that "index.php" should be in there, correct?