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 > /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/universal.php
cat /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/iscripts.php > /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/iscripts.php
cat /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/categories.ser > /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/categories.ser
mv -v /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/conf /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/conf
mv -v /usr/local/src/softaculous_settings_bk/hooks /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/softaculous/enduser/hooks

Source:
https://www.softaculous.com/docs/admin/reinstall/

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