Joomla! Installation Onto Mysql/php Localhost– Help!!?

okay- so i’ve wasted hours trying to figure this out on my own. joomla forums have been oh-so helpful but i was wondering if there is anyone out there who has personally installed joomla 1.5.4 onto their opensource phpadmin/mysql localhost server- nothing yet published to the web.
if someone has step-by-step advice please come forward!
Thanks!!

I Developed A Joomla Site On My Localhost. Now I Want To Upload It To Godaddy. How Do I Do That?

GoDaddy tech support is so frustrating. First, I used their applications panel to install joomla, but when I uploaded my local site via ftp, it didn’t work. I called GoDaddy support and they do not give support for migrating a local site to their host. You just have to build it from [...]