Can't get to installation screen Joomla/MacOS Sierra

[fruitspunch]

I'm having trouble getting properly set up with joomla. Below is some relevant info:

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/Users/username/Sites/sitename

is where my site is.

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/Users/username/Sites/

is my DocumentRoot, joomla files are in the document root and in the website files (sitename). When I go to

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http://localhost

, it takes me to the DocumentRoot, but joomla will not start it's installation nor will it start if I go to the website folder, in which case my browser opens the actual website.

Am i missing something? I'm not sure why the joomla installation won't trigger.
I've set up postgres, while php and apache come pre installed with my mac.

Thanks

[AMurray]

Can you run any web pages on the web server (I mean is Apache actually running)?

Did you extract the Joomla download ZIP (full) package? e.g. to http://localhost/joomla?

Where exactly did you extract the files to? You need to browse to the folder/URL where the joomla files are located, it then detects there's no configuration.php, and so triggers the installation.

Is PostGreSQL and Apache actually running?

[gws]

I am not a MAC user but there are several posts from MAC users saying don't use the built in server but install Xampp for mac.
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

[fruitspunch]

I may just use XAMPP or something if it continues to be difficult, but wanted to see if I could get it to work without bloating my OS first.

I can confirm PostgreSQL, PHP, and apache are running- I can access the website I'm working on perfectly fine, i can access psql, and my phpinfo.php file is not blank. I'm not sure why the Joomla installation won't start though. This is my directory structure:

Home
....{.....}
....Sites
........s2r (website)
........{unzipped Joomla files from latest stable Joomla release}

*I also put the unzipped Joomla files into the s2r website folder, but that didn't help either.

[Per Yngve Berg]

Did you try http://localhost/s2r/installation/index.php ?

Is index.php set as default file in the web server?

[JAVesey]

I am not a MAC user but there are several posts from MAC users saying don't use the built in server but install Xampp for mac.

Mac user here. MAMP is the better option in my view:
www.mamp.info

Free version and the paid-for Pro version on the same install. Pro version is well-worth the small outlay for much-enhanced functionality and control.

[deleted user]

I forget if this is a Mac default configuration or something that has to be set up (FWIW I am a Mac user but my local environment is set up using Homebrew which doesn't use Mac's default Apache or PHP), but your URL scheme may be something like http://localhost/~username/sitename instead of just http://localhost/sitename

[JAVesey]

I forget if this is a Mac default configuration or something that has to be set up (FWIW I am a Mac user but my local environment is set up using Homebrew which doesn't use Mac's default Apache or PHP), but your URL scheme may be something like http://localhost/~username/sitename instead of just http://localhost/sitename

Yeah - the built-in Mac environment is slower than it needs be and it's just quicker and easier to use a 3rd-party AMP setup.

I like MAMP partly because it runs completely independently of the MacOS AMP environment and doesn't change any of its OS settings on install.