Installing wordpress is generally one of the easiest things to do for anybody with a clue about internet software. All you need is access to a mysql database, an ftp client, a webserver and text editor. What could go wrong? Well, I’ve noticed that in the latest version (2.0) of the tar.gz download the configuration file seems to be incorrect. I’ve opened this in several editors on windows and linux and everything is lumped onto a single line. Therefore when you go to the http://www.yourdomain/wordpress/wp-admin/installation.php config page it will produce a rather unhelpful "failed to open file" message. Here’s a proper version of the file.
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