The installation is really quite simple. You can set up a very simple and fast way that you could follow your approaching.
- From here Find the most version and download that version.
- Upload the downloaded files to the test server.
- Go to the page where you downloaded the files in your browser and setup is complete.
Optional: If you want to test the database, you need to connect to the database. You can edit your database connection from application/config/config.php. You don't need to do anything else.