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after having searched various sites/forums thought might provide
a quick practical guide copying live joomla 2.5.4 site localhost development.
this guide based on fresh install of ubuntu 10.04 lts , new installation of
lamp running on i86 32 bit machine. however, guide apply linux distros.
it assumed know how use ftp transfers such filezilla etc , both local phpmyadmin , live phpmyadmin.
also note shell commands used in 'super user - root' mode.

the live site referred my_site.com.

transferring my_site.com lamp.
we placing our local my_site.com apache2's /var/www directory.
this alow access our site using http://localhost/my_site.com
in our browser when have finished.

using ftp download files my_site.com directory home directory.
in filezilla accomplished right clicking my_site.com , downloading.
in home directory have /my_site.com directory files.
copy these files apache2 www directories;

cp -r my_site.com /var/www/my_site.com

now, @ point need copy of our live database.
go live phpmyadmin
export joomla database home directory later use.
note file have name of format blahblah_jo.sql guide call databasestuff_jo.sql

we ready our local site , running lamp.

before importing our database via our local phpmyadmin, ( databasestuff_jo.sql - or whatever name yours ), we must make slight change php.ini allow large file uploads.
check size of databasestuff_jo.sql file.
edit php.ini file;

cd /etc/php5/apache2

gedit php.ini or whichever editor prefer - nano? vi?

change line
upload_max_filesize

to larger datastuff_jo.sql file, eg:
upload_max_filesize = 4m

my database @ time of downloading 3 meg php.ini only
upload_max_filesize = 2m

save php.ini
restart apache2 reflect php.ini changes via

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

bring local phpmyadmin located @ http://localhost/phpmyadmin

now create new database name of downloaded database

ie - databasestuff_jo - or name of exported/downloaded database without extension.

this new database empty.
select it.
cllick on import

browse home directory , click on databasestuff_jo.sql - or whatever name yours - downloaded earlier.

we need change configuration.php in my_site.com directory
to reflect our lamp installation - mysql.

cd /var/www/my_site.com

edit configuration.php file , make changes relate live site such as;

change lines to;

public $host = '127.0.0.1';
public $user = 'root';
public $password = 'your_password';
public $db = 'databasestuff_jo'; or database name above
public $live_site = '';

and

public $ftp_host = '127.0.0.1';
public $ftp_port = '21';
public $ftp_user = '';
public $ftp_pass = '';
public $ftp_root = '';
public $ftp_enable = '0';

and

public $log_path = '/var/www/my_site.com/logs';
public $tmp_path = '/var/www/my_site.com/tmp';

then save.

site is;
http://localhost/my_site.com/
admin is;
http://localhost/my_site.com/administrator/


my site uses large number of modules joomla extensions.
one gave me problem when running locally nanopiecemaker2 module.
the error write permissions file piecemakerxml81.xml

fix was;
cd /var/www/my_site.com/modules/mod_nanopiecemaker2/xml
this piecemakerxml81.xml is!

chmod 777 piecemakerxml81.xml

fixed!

although few assumptions linux knowledge have been assumed hope guide point in right direction.

really guide.