To install XAMPP, one can download it through the link provided below
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html









Ref URL: https://www.drupal.org/news/drupal-8.0.0-released
Version: drupal 8.0.1
drupal-8.0.1.zip

Click Save file.
The next step is to install drupal in the system. This includes the following steps:
Step 2.1: Copy the .zip drupal file in the "C: \ xampp \ htdocs" folder.
The road will look like this

Step 2.2: Extract the .zip file.
Step 2.3: In your web browser, type 127.0.0.1/drupal-8.0.1, where drupal-8.0.1 is the name of the extracted folder.
Steps to copy and paste default.settings.php into settings.php and also create a "Files" folder under the / default site and grant read and write permissions for all types of users.
Following the steps above will take you to the drupal installation page

One can choose the installation language by clicking the drop down box where the default language is English.
Step 2.4: Click next and the profile profile page opens, Standard profile is the default profile.


Just keep clicking at the bottom of the installation page
Step 2.6: To install drupal 8, we need a database that we can create by visiting the URL localhost / phpmyadmin / serverdatabases.php.
The above URL corresponds to phpmyadmin which serves as the data administrator for MySQL from where we can create, modify or delete databases; also execute SQL statements and manage users and permissions.



After installation, configure the site pages to be opened which will require some details of us ie the site name / email address / username / password / Country / Time zone and update notification check box.
The details we provide in this case are;
Site name -MyName (someone can name the site)
Site address - [email protected]
username - admin (someone can provide the username they like)
Password - choose a strong password.
Country - India
Time Zone - Asia / Kolkata
checkbox for update notification marked default.


A window like the one above will pop up that will tell you that Drupal is already installed on your system.
The same URL is localhost / drupal-8.0.1 where drupal-8.0.1 is the name of the folder.
Hopefully what I explain can be useful.
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