There are requirements on the server end for this application. There is a full download version which contains all the necessary libraries, and a light version in case you know all these libraries (i.e. Perl modules) are already installed. Here are the official requirements:
req - http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mtinstall.html#requirements
I'll be working with the full download with libraries and the following install documentation:
Install doc - http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mtinstall.html
The downloadable tarball is made available after filling out a short form where your name and email address are required. I downloaded the file and then scp'd it up to the server.
[root@drain html]# mkdir movabletype [root@drain html]# mv MT-2.62-full-lib.tar.gz movabletype/ [root@drain html]# cd movabletype/ [root@drain movabletype]# tar -zxvf MT-2.62-full-lib.tar.gz --snip file list-- [root@drain movabletype]# ls MT-2.62-full-lib MT-2.62-full-lib.tar.gz [root@drain movabletype]# cd MT-2.62-full-lib
In progress / to be continued ...