The manual installation involves installing from packages shipped on Ubuntu 12.04 as a user with root (or sudo) permission. The Oneiric OpenStack Starter Guide provides instructions for a manual installation using the packages shipped with Ubuntu 11.10. The OpenStack Install and Deploy Manual provides instructions for installing using Ubuntu 12.04 packages. Refer to those manuals for detailed instructions by going to http://docs.openstack.org and clicking the links next to the manual title.
