This post was originally found at http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/installing_magento_via_shell_ssh
while I was installing magento. I prferred to keep this as another copy hoping someone will find it useful.
Latest Stable Release
The latest stable version of Magento is 1.9.0.1 (26.6 MB)
http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.9.0.1/magento-1.9.0.1.tar.gz
The latest stable version of Magento Downloader (not Magento itself!) is 1.9.0.01 (45.6 KB)
http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.9.0.1/magento-downloader-1.9.0.1.tar.gz
Installing Magento With The Full Download
Installing Into The Website Document Root
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wget http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.9.0.1/magento-1.9.0.1.tar.gz
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tar -zxvf magento-1.9.0.0.tar.gz
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mv magento/* magento/.htaccess .
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chmod -R o+w media var
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chmod o+w app/etc
Optionally delete the download file and empty directory from the extracted files:
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rm -rf magento/ magento-1.9.0.0.tar.gz
Then simply follow through with the web-based installation process.