Tutorial : The Basic Install | Drupal For Beginers

Are you ready to install drupal on your server ? ok let start.

Setup Your Database
The first step is to setup a database for Drupal to use. If you're using cPanel, you'll login to your account then find the "Databases" section. You'll want to click on the MySQL Database icon. Your version of cPanel may look different.

You'll then enter your database name, and click "Create Database". After that, click "Go Back", and scroll down to "Add a User to Dataase". If you haven't created a user yet, you can do that with the "Add a User" section just to the left.

You'll want to give the user "All Priveleges".

Download, Upload and Unzip Drupal
Next you'll want to head over to http://drupal.org/ and download the latest version of Drupal (6.2 as of this writing). After you download it, you'll need to upload it to your webhost. 

Upload this to your hosting space using an FTP Program or CPanel's built in File Manager.

After it's uploaded, using the File Manager, you can extract the contents of the file by clicking on the file's name and then select extract in the menu in the upper right (again, your version of cPanel file manager may look different).

This extracts the whole package into a folder named drupal-x.x. You will then need to move the files out of this directory and into your document root directory (ie: public_html or www).

You can also extract all the files on your computer and upload them via FTP, however this may take significantly longer.

Note: Make sure that the file .htaccess is in your document root. without .htaccess, your Drupal site will not work properly. Depending on your File Manager setup, you may have to move this file from the drupal-x.x folder to your document root using FTP.

Install Drupal
Next, open up a web-browser and type in your domain name. This should bring up the Drupal installer.

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Courtesy:- drupalforbeginners.com