You need to have a basic grip me thinks of how it all works. The guides worked wonderfully for me when I first came here. However CaveDude has a nice installer under Development/Tools. You can download a nice easy installer, all you need to do is follow instructions and you will be going in no time. It is probably the easiest way to go about it.
http://eqemu.sesmar.net/forum/index.php?topic=101.0
Check the installer it is really quite a good package esspecially for beginners