Ok so you're in a hurry to install Drupal. Don't fret. It is esay as pie!
Run the following commands from a root shell!
yum -y install mysql-server httpd php php-mysql unzip wget chkconfig httpd on chkconfig mysqld on /etc/init.d/mysqld start /etc/init.d/httpd start echo 'CREATE DATABASE drupal;' | mysql echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal.* TO 'drupal'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'drupal';" | mysql echo "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" | mysql cd /var/www/html/ wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-6.16.tar.gz tar -xzf drupal-6.16.tar.gz --strip-components=1 rm drupal-6.16.tar ...
— Andrew