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2.3 - Installing GPTEngine™
GPTEngine install, including files uploading, permissions setting and SQL setup, is done automatically in the version 1.1.1.
Be sure you web site satisfies all the requirements listed in this documentation before run the installer.
Please, note that the GPTEngine installer will NOT create the database and the MySQL account to access the GPTEngine tables.
Such database and user account must be created BEFORE you run the GPTEngine installer.
Moreover, if you will perform a local install (Windows® only), make sure your folder cgi-bin is under the root directory (usually htdocs for Apache™).
During setup, you will be asked for the following information:

- Install type (Windows® only)
  If you want to install GPTEngine on your remote Web Server over Internet select Remote hosted website;
  in order to setup GPTEngine on your own computer select Local computer website.
- Your Web Domain (Remote install only)
  If your web site URL is `http://www.mysite.com`, then your domain is `mysite.com`.
- Document Root (Remote install only)
  This is the root directory of your account at web server; usually public_html or www.
- Account Username and Account Password (Remote install only)
  The username and password used for manage your account and connect to your site via FTP.
- Local Document Root Directory (Local install, Windows only)
  This is the directory where you place your web pages at the server (usually, `C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs`).
- MySQL Username and MySQL Password
  These are the username and password that will be used to access the GPTEngine database.
- MySQL Database
  The database in which GPTEngine will be installed.
- Site Name
  This will be the name of your "get paid to" site.
- Site URL
  The URL of site; including http:// and without the / at the end.
- Site e-Mail and Site Reply e-Mail
  The e-mail and reply to e-mail addresses of your "get paid to" site.
- Administrator Username and Administrator Password
  These are the username and the password you will use to access the GPTEngine Admin (6 to 16 chars).
- Administrator Title and Administrator Name
  The title and the name that will be assigned to you in the GPTEngine Admin.
- Administrator e-Mail
  The e-mail address which will be used to receive support and other eventual contact from popux.com.
- Web Server OS
  The Operating System of your Web Server (NOT the OS of your computer).

If you will install GPTEngine FROM an Windows® machine, go to the directory where you have decompressed the GPTEngine package and click setup.exe to launch the installer.
If you will install GPTEngine FROM a Linux® machine, go to console, cd to the directory where you have decompressed the GPTEngine package and give the commands:
`chmod 755 setup
./setup`
to start the installer.

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