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I'm new to Linux/Ubuntu 14.04 and I am trying to install joomla! on my local server to build a website which I will then transfer to a cloud server. I don't fully understand how my own server works, and I have been making good use of a lot of online guides.

Currently using this guide: https://www.liberiangeek.net/2014/09/install-joomla-ubuntu-14-04-apache2-mysql-php-support/

So I have unzipped the latest (3.4.1) joomla full package in the /var/www/html/ folder. Then I grant the permissions and restart apache.

Now in my browser I want to access my server and hopefully a joomla! Prompt page will help me install and whatnot. But I can't get the joomla page to appear. If I type in my isp I get a Claro Internet page, which shows my connection to the internet with my usb modem. If I type in localhost, I get the apcahe2 Ubuntu Default Page.

What am I missing here?

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Apache always displays some file. If you don't specify a specific file, it will look in its root directory (by default /var/www/html, but that can be changed). There is a hierarchy of filenames it will look for, such as index.html, which is the default page you see. However, you can specify a different filename in the URL, such as localhost/index.php, which will load the file index.php instead.

I believe Joomla uses index.php, so try that. If Joomla were in a directory such as /var/www/html/MyWebsite, then you would enter localhost/MyWebsite/index.php to load it.

Apache itself doesn't need to know whether you are running a Joomla site, or a Wordpress site, or whatever; it just needs to know what file to load.

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