Trying to install Magento and get the following error...
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magento-core/Lib_Varien requires PHP extension "curl"
magento-core/Mage_Core_Modules requires package "magento-core/Lib_Varien" (version >= 1.1.3, version <= 1.2, excluded versions: 1.2)
magento-core/Mage_All_Latest requires package "magento-core/Mage_Core_Modules" (version >= 1.1.8, version <= 1.2, excluded versions: 1.2)
magento-core/Mage_Core_Adminhtml requires package "magento-core/Mage_Core_Modules" (version >= 1.1.8, version <= 1.1.8)
magento-core/Interface_Adminhtml_Default requires package "magento-core/Mage_Core_Adminhtml" (version >= 1.1.8, version <= 1.2, excluded versions: 1.2)
magento-core/Interface_Frontend_Default requires package "magento-core/Mage_Core_Modules" (version >= 1.1.8, version <= 1.2, excluded versions: 1.2)
magento-core/Interface_Install_Default requires package "magento-core/Mage_Core_Modules" (version >= 1.1.7, version <= 1.2, excluded versions: 1.2)
Install Errors
No valid packages found
PEAR ERROR: install failed
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Any help?
GOT IT TO WORK HAVE TO INSTALL new php pdo mysql.dill file as well as some other modifications...l

You can find videos on installing Magento and Zen Cart on an XAMPP environment here: http://ipicdg.com/EC/. Hope this helps.

Magento is a fantastic open source ecommerce shopping cart.

Most webhosts should be running apache, php5,mysql 5 by now.
However, do check that PHP include the specific extensions like PDO_MySQL while mySQL support innoDB engine.

Here are the basic requirement:

Web server: Apache 1.x, 2.x

PHP5.2.x and above

Required extensions:
o PDO_MySQL,simplexml,mcrypt,hash,GD,DOM,iconv,SOAP above the extension must be included...

- Safe_mode off must be offline mode

- Memory_limit 32M or more

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