Installation of Moodle on Linux CentOS4.3

Moodle is a free and open source e-learning software platform, also known as a Course Management System, Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment. It has a significant user base with 49,256 registered sites with 28,177,443 users in 2,571,855 courses (as of February, 2009). Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design means that people can develop additional functionality. Development is undertaken by a globally diffused network of commercial and non-commercial users, streamlined by the Moodle company based in Perth, Western Australia.

How to install Moodle on CentOS4.3?

-download moodle
  download moodle-latest-18.tgz to /usr/local/src/

-copy moodle
  cd /usr/local/apache2/htdocsssl
  tar -xzvf moodle-latest-18.tgz #file is extended at the current directory

-modify httpd.conf for moodle
  add next in httpd.conf
  <IfDefine APACHE2>
    AccessPathInfo on
  </IfDefine>

-modify php.ini for moodle
  magic_quotes_gpc = Off #squirrelmail recommendes Off
  magic_quotes_runtime = Off #necessary
  file_uploads = On
  session.auto_start = 0
  session.bug_compat_warn = 0
  post_max_size = 16M
  upload_max_filesize = 16M

-make .htaccess in moodle's home directory as
  DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
  php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off #squirrelmail recommendes Off
  php_flag magic_quotes_runtime Off
  php_flag file_uploads On
  php_flag session.auto_start Off
  php_flag session.bug_compat_warn Off
  <IfDefine APACHE2>
    AccessPathInfo on
  </IfDefine>
  LimitRequestBody 0
  php_value upload_max_filesize 16M
  php_value post_max_size 16M

-change my.cnf for moodle
  in my.cnf add
    sql-mode=''

-create database for moodle
  su - mysql
  mysql -u root -p
  create database moodle;
  alter database moodle default character set utf8 collate utf8_unicode_ci;

-create user for moodle
  grant select, insert, update, delete, create, create temporary tables,
  drop, index, alter on moodle.*
  to moodleuser@localhost identified by 'password';

-make directory for moodle
  mkdir /usr/local/apache2/htdocsssl/moodledata
  vi /usr/local/apache2/htdocsssl/moodledata/.htaccess
    deny from all

  chown -R nobody.nobody moodledata
  chmod -R 0750 moodledata

-install moodle
  https://tkksqlphp.configureinstallsetup.com/moodle/install.php

  language -> English(en)

  Data Directory -> /usr/local/apache2/htdocsssl/moodledata
  User -> moodleuser
  Password -> password

  copy Moodle Configulation File and save it as
    /usr/local/apache2/htdocsssl/moodle/config.php

  installation begins by continue