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Hi,
what are you using as your local server? WAMP, XAMP or something else?
I cant think what would be wrong maybe check all services are running, check if theres any issue with your firewall, etc.
Is there any error or is it like its just timing out at that stage? Can you install xoops on a test directory of a live server? it could be some local issue if its a server on your computer.