Title: Installing on my local computer
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installing on my local computer

 *  Resolved [nthali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nthali/)
 * (@nthali)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/)
 * possibly an extremely “duh” question:
    i installed wp 2.9.2 (with supporting 
   cast of Apache 2.2, mysql 5.1.46, php 5.3.2, phpMyAdmin 3.3.3) at [http://localhost:8080/wordpress](http://localhost:8080/wordpress).
   everything went fine, or so i thought. but when i login as admin, or add a post,
   or, in general, go to [http://localhost:8080/wordpress](http://localhost:8080/wordpress),
   i always end up seeing the directory listing. what am i missing? Thanks, Nilesh

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/#post-1525172)
 * Is there an `index.php` file in the `/wordpress/` directory?
 *  Thread Starter [nthali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nthali/)
 * (@nthali)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/#post-1525176)
 * yup. it’s the entire 2.9.2 zip file extracted, so it has the index.php. anything
   that i might be missing at the apache level?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/#post-1525179)
 * Add the following to your root `.htaccess` file:
 * `DirectoryIndex index.php index.html`
 * If that doesn’t work, you may need to add `index.php` to the `DirectoryIndex`
   line in your `httpd.conf` file and restart Apache.
 *  Thread Starter [nthali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nthali/)
 * (@nthali)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/#post-1525184)
 * Thank you sir. i took the easy way out (your second suggestion) and stuck the
   index.php in the DirectoryIndex directive within the httpd.conf.
    Looking good
   now. Much appreciated. best, nilesh
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/#post-1525188)
 * You’re welcome!

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-on-my-local-computer/#post-1525188)
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