Reinstall

The following guide will show you how to Re-install Softaculous on your server.

wget -O install.sh https://files.softaculous.com/install.sh
chmod 755 install.sh
./install.sh --reinstall

That’s it ! This will re-install Softaculous on your server.

If you would like to perform the re-install process manually you can refer to the following steps :

First you need to take a backup of your Softaculous settings.

1. Copy the universal.php

Copy the universal setting file located at :

/path/to/softaculous/enduser/universal.php

e.g. in cPanel, the universal.php is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/universal.php

2. Copy the iscripts.php

Copy the Enabled scripts file located at :

/path/to/softaculous/enduser/iscripts.php

e.g. in cPanel, the iscripts.php is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/iscripts.php

3. Copy the categories.php

This file stores the order of Script Categories which can be changed from Softaculous Admin panel -> Categories

Copy the categories file located at :

/path/to/softaculous/enduser/categories.ser

e.g. in cPanel, the categories.ser is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/categories.ser

4. Copy the conf Folder

Copy the conf folder located at :

/path/to/softaculous/conf

e.g. in cPanel, the conf folder is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/conf

5. Copy the hooks folder, IF you have configured hooks

IF YOU HAVE CONFIGURED ANY HOOKS FOR THE INSTALLATION, YOU WILL HAVE TO COPY THE HOOKS FOLDER AS WELL

/path/to/softaculous/enduser/hooks

e.g. in cPanel, the conf folder is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/hooks

6. Copy the cscripts.php ( IF PRESENT )

cscripts.php is the file for custom scripts.

Copy the custom scripts file located at :

/path/to/softaculous/enduser/cscripts.php

e.g. in cPanel, the cscripts.php is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/cscripts.php

7. Copy the Custom Script Packages ( IF PRESENT )

If you have configured any Custom Script, you will need to copy the packages on to the new server.

Copy the custom scripts located at :

/var/softaculous/CUSTOM_SCRIPT

Delete the following folder from your server to uninstall Softaculous :

/path/to/softaculous/

e.g. in cPanel, Softaculous is located at /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/

Now you should re-install Softaculous on your server.

1. Make sure Ioncube is enabled on your server.
2. Execute the following commands on your server to install Softaculous :

wget -O install.sh https://files.softaculous.com/install.sh
chmod 755 install.sh
./install.sh

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.

Thats it!! You have re-installed Softaculous on your server.

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