This shouldn't be this hard.....
I followed the instructions given by TCH (the long version)
I get to step 8 and get this.....
Install 60% complete
Core module is only partially installed.
Error installing Gallery Core
Something went wrong when we tried to install the core module. What to do next?
1. Go to the System Checks step of the installer and make sure all checks shows 'Success'. A common issue is that the file integrity warning is ignored.
2. If there are no warnings or failures in the System Checks step, empty your storage directory and delete the database tables and start the installation process a second time (redo all steps).
3. Please visit the G2 FAQ and read the Known issues section of the Readme.
4. If the problem persists, please copy the installation log which is located at /home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/g2data//install_425405eb16.log and attach it (as install.log.zip) to a new forum topic in the G2 support forum or, if possible, just add a link to the install.log in the forum topic such that the support staff can analyze it if necessary.
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [<no session id>]
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Prepare installation of the core module
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2009-11-27 11:02:54 [<no session id>] [1259337774] can't guarantee 120 -- extending!
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [<no session id>] Init first pass
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] <hr />
(mysqli): SET NAMES "utf8"
<hr />
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT]
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System and Gallery information:
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Gallery version: 1.3.0
File integrity: Ok
SVN install: No
PHP version: 5.2.9 apache2handler
PHP memory limit: 32M
PHP disable_functions:
PHP zend.ze1_compatibility_mode: 0
Webserver: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
Database: mysqli 5.0.81-community
Operating system: Linux coruscant.snhdns.com 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:33:56 EDT 2009 i686
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) AutoPager/0.5.2.2 (http://www.teesoft.info/)
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2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Clear the cache directory
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] file_exists(/home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/g2data//cache/entity)
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] file_exists(/home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/g2data//cache/theme)
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] file_exists(/home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/g2data//cache/module)
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] file_exists(/home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/g2data//cache/derivative)
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] [1259337774] can't guarantee 180 -- extending!
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Check if the persistent storage is installed
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] <hr />
(mysqli): SHOW TABLES
<hr />
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Load core module
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Loading plugin core
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Class not defined, trying to include it.
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] file_exists(/home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/modules/core/module.inc)
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] core plugin successfully instantiated
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Hand over admin user parameters
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] NOT installing, rollback!
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] file_exists(/home/cameron/public_html/gallery2/g2data/versions.dat)
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Error: Core module is only partially installed
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Finish install core module step
2009-11-27 11:02:54 [TMP_SESSION_ID_DI_NOISSES_PMT] Error: Failure during install core module step