Steps to follow the cakePHP installation.

1) Copy the latest cakephp package from http://cakephp.org to the webroot folder.
2) Alter the salt values  in `appconfigcore.php`.
3) Configure the db connection in `appconfigdatabase.php`.
4) Give the full rights to `tmp` folder recursively.

Additional changes for WAMP installation in windows.
1) Open `httpd.conf` of Apache. Search for `LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so`. Remove the `#` before the line.
2) Search for `<Directory />` and inside it replace as `AllowOverride None`.
3) In php.ini enable the short tags.