(*) Change the config.php according to your MYSQL configuration. (*) Run the linkpit.sql on your mysql client. This creates tables, required for Linkpit and also some sample data. (*) Enable mod_rewrite on your server. On Ubuntu and similar debian distros, all you have to do is run the following command on terminal" sudo a2enmode rewrite and restart apache by sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart (*) Change the line about RewriteBase in .htaccess so that it points to your sub-directory, incase Linkpit is not hosted on webserver's root.