Installing Drupal

i want install drupal into my home directory which is pointed to by virtual host. what do i need to do to make it work. im getting include_path errors saying my include path is set to /var/www.

I have tried updating 4.2 to CVS on a windows localhost. When I run update.php, I get the following error message:

user error: Table 'drupal.sessions' doesn't exist
query: SELECT u.*, s.*, r.name AS role FROM users u INNER JOIN role r ON u.rid = r.rid INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = '18d99cf3d0990324c74760761d4df4ef' AND u.status < 3 LIMIT 0, 1 in h:\www\drupal\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 90.

Can someone tell me why? Thanks.

Using taxonomy I created a new box with my site sections. How can I add a blog counter for each section?

(pe):
Music (32)
Movies (12)
Internet (4)

Thanks!

I tried posting this before, got an initial query back from Dries (thank you) but nothing further despite clarification....

i have a problem, my drupal is installed on my home server where i do my development, and i want it mainly for bug tracking and project development aplications... but.. my firewall doesnot allow me to connect to my box via its external url home.linuxmod.co.uk from inside the firewall for security reasons, i have to use the ip address of the server 192.168.0.200, but the problem comes with the drupal config, i cant use it from outside without having home.linuxmod.co.uk in the config, but then it means i cannot use it from the inside.

I install Drupal in a debian box, everthing works right but themes are not show correctly,
I'm using Mozilla 1.4 if I go to drupal.org site I see the theme right,
if I go to my new installed drupal site(http://www.moredata.pt/~davide)
the theme is Not correctly loaded or showed , is this bad configuration problem???

PS:If I use Konqueror everthing is right.

Thanks.