I suspect many of your use cPanel at your web host.
If that is the case, the cPanel folks have rolled out a new “WordPress Manager” option that greatly simplifies the installation of WordPress.
If your host is running the latest version of cPanel you’ll find the new WordPress Manager near the bottom of the cPanel options screen.
Below is the 2-minute video walkthrough I did for TVCNet.com describing how to take advantage of the new WordPress Manager installer.