I want elgg bad! after my host told me that I have no access to apache I bought a server and now i am trying to install elgg, The only problem is that I have never had my own server....

So I have a lot of questions, if you guys can help me?

1.) When it says

MySQL 5+ is needed for data storage

Does this mean the MYSQL server ?

2.) how do I enable Mod_Rewrite in apache 2.2.17

3.) where do i get these modules and how do i install them?

PHP 5.2+ needs to be installed as an Apache module (not in CGI mode or safe mode) with the following libraries:

• GD (for graphics processing, eg user icon rescaling and Captcha)
• JSON (for API functionality)
• XML (not installed/compiled by default on all systems)
• Multibyte String support (for internationalisation)

I sure would appreciate your help I don't want elgg, I need it! Thats why I bought my server, so I could finally use this wonderful social engine.