Now execute: cp ${MY_INSTALLDIR}/css/.css.dist ${MY_INSTALLDIR}/css/.css cp ${MY_INSTALLDIR}/config/config.php.dist ${MY_INSTALLDIR}/config/config.php and edit them. As a minimum, set LIB_PATH, DB_PREFIX, DB_HOST, DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, CSS. Then go to http://${VHOST_HOSTNAME}/${VHOST_APPDIR}/install.php to finish the installation. Don't forget to delete ${MY_INSTALLDIR}/install.php when you are done. Read the docs at http://polarblog.polarlava.com/docs/ , in particular the .htaccess section.