How to reinstall Softaculous on cPanel server

Backup settings files/folders:

rm -rf /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk
mkdir -p /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk
cp -rp /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/universal.php /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/
cp -rp /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/iscripts.php /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/
cp -rp /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/categories.ser /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/
cp -rp /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/conf /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/
cp -rp /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/hooks /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/

Do the re-installation:

wget -N http://files.softaculous.com/install.sh
chmod 755 install.sh
./install.sh --force-download

Restore your settings:

cat /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/universal.php
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SitePad publishing issue after migration. Wrong FTP details error

To get it fixed your need to force SitePad re-create FTP credentials firstly

root@server1 [/home/someuser/.sitepad]# cat user.php
a:7:{s:25:"disable_all_notify_update";i:0;s:8:"timezone";i:0;s:6:"apikey";s:32:"zd1k52apam18404pdjg47uo2e8fiug1tzovjr8j";s:7:"apipass";s:32:"4xafz21nlx2nryars3cb7xgjr5x0sx1";s:8:"ftp_user";s:26:"[email protected]";s:8:"ftp_pass";s:12:"zReGgnq)W1n]-3-1";s:8:"ftp_port";i:21;}
root@server1 [/home/someuser/.sitepad]# mv user.php user.php_old

Now login customer’s cPanel –> SitePad.
You will see brand new interface seems as you never had SitePad’s website.… Read the rest