How to install magento 2

Installing  Magento2 on XAMPP could be pretty painful for the developers, as Magento2 requires a lot of server configurations.
Before you start installing you need the following:
1. XAMPP server installed in your computer
2. Magento 2 can be downloaded from this link Magento2.
Apache Version :-  2.2 or 2.4
PHP            :-  5.5.x or 5.6.x
MySQL          :-  5.6.x

Installation :-
1.) Enter your Magento 2 url in browser and hit Enter.
 

2.) Click on “Agree and Setup Magento”.

3.) Now Magento 2 will check your environment for readiness for the setup. Click on “Start readiness check”.
 

4.) Now enter Empty database that you created previously, where you want to install Magento2.

5.) Click Next, now you will be asked for web configurations like store url, admin url, Apache rewrites, https options.
6.) Click Next, now you can select Timezone, Currency and language in “Customize Your Store” section.

7.)Click Next, Enter Admin username, email and password to setup Admin credentials.

8.)Click Next, Voila J, Now Magento 2 is ready to be installed on localhost. Click on “Install Now”. Don’t close your browser until setup is done.

9.)After the installer has completed the setup, it will show Success page.

10.) Now You can open Magento Admin panel and front page.