Several questions here - I've answered them separately for clarity:
Q: Why is Joomla! not in the repositories?
A: I think it was at one point, but I prefer to install this type of
application manually - I've found that patches and critical security
stuff take too long to filter through the repositories, and the manual
patch process is usually a no-brainer.
Q: Unknown suffix error message
A: Use 'unzip' as the archive is in pkzip format not gzip.
Q: How do I get a copy of Joomla! installed?
A: I'm assuming you have Apache, PHP and MySQL already installed - these
are pre-requisites. You've downloaded the archive - that's the first
step. The brief instructions are to unzip the archive in your apache doc
root directory, create a MySQL database and user and then browse to the
location where you installed the archive - an installation window will
be displayed and you just follow the instructions.
If the above is too brief, try the instructions at
http://help.joomla.org/content/category/15/99/132/
Joomla is a great CMS - stick with it and Good Luck!
Regards - Peter
Heracles wrote:
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How do I get a copy of Joomla installed on Ubuntu 9.10? I have
downloaded the file package ffom their site, but it is in zip format and
gunzip says "unknown suffix --ignored" and does nothing
NOTE: If it is gpl, why is it not in the Ubuntu repositories?
Heracles
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