# 6. Install XooNIps

Install XOOPS, the platform of XooNIps.

| Download the most updated version of XOOPS from the official website.(Currently the most updated version is 2.1.7. as of March 2009.) |                                    |
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| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# wget** <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xoopscube/Package_Legacy_2_1_7.zip>                            |                                    |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# unzip Package\_Legacy\_2\_1\_7.zip**                                                                    | ← Expand the downloaded files.     |
| Copy the expanded files to the web server document root.                                                                              |                                    |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# cp -R Package\_Legacy/html/ /var/www/**                                                                 |                                    |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# rm -rf Package\_Legacy**                                                                                | ← Delete the expanded directories. |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# rm -f Package\_Legacy\_2\_1\_7.zip**                                                                    | ← Delete the downloaded files.     |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# chmod 777 /var/www/html/uploads**                                                                       | ← Change permissions.              |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# chmod 777 /var/www/html/cache**                                                                         | ← Change permissions.              |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# chmod 777 /var/www/html/templates\_c**                                                                  | ← Change permissions.              |
| **\[root\@xoonips-server \~]# chmod 666 /var/www/html/mainfile.php**                                                                  | ← Change permissions.              |
