{"id":2419,"date":"2019-01-03T06:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T06:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&p=2419"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:40:38","slug":"reinstall","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/admin\/installing-softaculous\/reinstall\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinstall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The following guide will show you how to Re-install Softaculous on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh
chmod 755 install.sh
.\/install.sh --reinstall
<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
That’s it ! This will re-install Softaculous on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reinstall Manually<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If you would like to perform the re-install process manually you can refer to the following steps :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Backup of your settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
First you need to take a backup of your Softaculous settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Copy the universal.php 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the universal setting file located at :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/enduser\/universal.php\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, the universal.php is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/enduser\/universal.php<\/strong> 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Copy the iscripts.php 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the Enabled scripts file located at :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/enduser\/iscripts.php\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, the iscripts.php is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/enduser\/iscripts.php<\/strong> 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Copy the categories.php 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This file stores the order of Script Categories which can be changed from Softaculous Admin panel -> Categories 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the categories file located at :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/enduser\/categories.ser\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, the categories.ser is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/enduser\/categories.ser<\/strong> 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Copy the conf Folder 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the conf folder located at :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/conf\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, the conf folder is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/conf<\/strong> 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Copy the hooks folder, IF you have configured hooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IF YOU HAVE CONFIGURED ANY HOOKS FOR THE INSTALLATION, YOU WILL HAVE TO COPY THE HOOKS FOLDER AS WELL<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/enduser\/hooks\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, the conf folder is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/enduser\/hooks<\/strong> 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Copy the cscripts.php ( IF PRESENT ) 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cscripts.php is the file for custom scripts. 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the custom scripts file located at :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/enduser\/cscripts.php\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, the cscripts.php is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/enduser\/cscripts.php<\/strong> 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Copy the Custom Script Packages ( IF PRESENT ) 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have configured any Custom Script, you will need to copy the packages on to the new server. 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the custom scripts located at :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/var\/softaculous\/CUSTOM_SCRIPT\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Remove Softaculous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Delete the following folder from your server to uninstall Softaculous :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/path\/to\/softaculous\/\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
e.g. in cPanel, Softaculous is located at \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/cgi\/softaculous\/<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Softaculous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Now you should re-install Softaculous on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Make sure Ioncube is enabled on your server. 
2. Execute the following commands on your server to install Softaculous :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
wget -O install.sh https:\/\/files.softaculous.com\/install.sh
chmod 755 install.sh
.\/install.sh
<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Copy the settings files you backed up earlier<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Now copy the setting files that you backed up in the first step. Replace the files to the respective path from where you copied them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thats it!! You have re-installed Softaculous on your server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1666,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-2419","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6182,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2419\/revisions\/6182"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}