{"id":1905,"date":"2015-03-18T13:02:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T13:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2021-02-11T10:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T10:51:42","slug":"how-to-install-softaculous-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-install-softaculous-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install Softaculous in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Softaculous\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">is an auto installer which allows you to install 350+ awesome scripts on your server. By utilizing Softaculous you can install WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, PrestaShop, Magento and so on within some clicks. Today we are demonstrating how to install Softaculous on WHM\/cPanel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In order to install Softaculous make sure<strong> ionCube<\/strong> Loaders are enabled.If it is not enabled you can go to <strong>WHM &gt;&gt; Tweak Settings &gt;&gt;PHP &gt;&gt; Select ioncube<\/strong> from Loader to use for internal cPanel PHP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 17.15pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Now you are prepared to install Softaculous auto installer on your VPS. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 17.15pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">SSH into your VPS and execute the following commands one by one:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">wget -N http:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh\r\n\r\nchmod 755 install.sh\r\n\r\n.\/install.sh<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once the installation done, Softaculous will be available in your WHM. Log in to your WHM and Go to <strong>Plugins &gt; Softaculous \u2013 Instant Installs<\/strong>. Here you can see, Softaculous is enabled and can be used by your clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Quick Installation<\/h3>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>If you want the quick installation and then download the script packages in background follow\u00a0this method.<\/p>\n<p>In order to install Softaculous make sure<strong> ionCube<\/strong> Loaders are enabled.If it is not enabled you can go to <strong>WHM &gt;&gt; Tweak Settings &gt;&gt;PHP &gt;&gt; Select ioncube <\/strong>from Loader to use for internal cPanel PHP.<\/p>\n<p>Now SSH to your server and enter following commands:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"\">wget -N http:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh\r\nchmod 755 install.sh\r\n.\/install.sh --quick\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Please note:<\/strong> \u00a0That Softaculous is not free of charge. You can use the trial license but it is not recommended since Softaculous will be available to your clients only for a limited period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0you have suEXEC or suPHP enabled on your server,You need to set the following permissions:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Go to settings, edit the CHMOD Files to 0644 and CHMOD Directories to 0755 (shown in the figure) and click edit settings:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now Softaculous is installed!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Softaculous\u00a0is an auto installer which allows you to install 350+ awesome scripts on your server. By utilizing Softaculous you can install WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, PrestaShop, Magento and so on within some clicks. Today we are demonstrating how to install Softaculous on WHM\/cPanel. 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