I was having some problems when i was trying to install akelos. Maybe this way to install akelos isn't better than other but i install akelos framework into my home and i don't have any problem with the instalation. my problems were the permition. So, if you want to know akelos framework, here is my way to install akelos.
OS: ubuntu + apache2 + mysql home_dir: /home/my_user/
1 - put your akelos directory (untar akelos-X.X.X.tar.gz) into any directory, for example: /home/my_user/akelos_framework --> (/home/my_user/akelos_framework/akelos)
2 - create a directory where you put a new akelos project's, for example: /home/my_user/akelos_framework/www/project1
3- create a new virtualhost for this directory (as root) (new file on /etc/apache2/site-avalaible/akelos.project1) put this lines:
5- add this line into /etc/hosts (as root) 127.0.0.1 akelos.project1
6- go to my_user home directory and do this: +change to root user +change owner to directories: chown www-data:www-data -R /home/my_user/akelos_framework/akelos chown www-data:www-data -R /home/my_user/akelos_framework/www/project1
7- finally go to "/home/my_user/akelos_framework/akelos" and change the user "www-data" (su www-data)
+ run the script ./script/setup -d /home/my_user/akelos_framework/www/project1 + configure akelos on this url: http://akelos.project1
if you want to install akelos admin then, go to "/home/my_user/akelos_framework/www/project1"
+ run this script (as "www-data" user) "./script/plugin admin install" (see screencast)