It's pretty obvious that there are at least two ways you can go. You can sign up for private or group lessons with a guitar instructor, or you can basically "teach yourself" with the aid of online resources.
Professional instruction is quite expensive, and probably won't yield results for a long time. So you should expect to be taking lessons for at least a few months. At $20-$30 for a half hour weekly lesson, that means your commitment will probably be at least $200, and likely much more.
Using online resources can be much less expensive, and depending on your personal motivation, can be more effective.
It really depends on the resources you use. Most online guitar courses focus on learning the basic 9 or 12 chords and learning how to play along with well known songs.
The Guitar Professor recommends you learn to play some simple melodies, before you start playing chords. That probably means you should learn a bit of music theory, and feel comfortable reading traditional musical notation.
This is the approach you will find at PracticeTracks.org. This site features play along songs that play right in your browser. You can play melody notes or chord along with the songs. There are lots of scales, exercises and simple songs for guitar beginners.
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