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2009/12/23

Installing fantastico on a cPanel Server

Here are the steps:-
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Login to server WHM >> Plugins >> Fantastico De Luxe WHM Admin >> Click here >> Select a version from the drop down menu >> Follow the remaining installation steps, using the default information.

If the Fantastico install option is not available,then we have to download Fantastico manually onto our server.

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1) Login to the server via ssh

2) Change the folder using the command:

[root@localhost ~]#cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi

3) Download the Fantastico install file using the command

[root@localhost ~]#wget http://www.netenberg.com/files/free/fantastico_whm_admin.tgz

4) Extract the install file using the command:

[root@localhost ~]#tar -xzpf fantastico_whm_admin.tgz

5) Remove the install file using the command:

[root@localhost ~]#rm -rf fantastico_whm_admin.tgz

6) Log out of the SSH connection.

7) log back into cPanel.

8)Go through Plugins >> Fantastico De Luxe WHM Admin

9) Continue the install using the above mentioned steps.
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Fantastico Showing Blank Page

Fantastico is showing blank page after installation.New installation was also giving the blank page.

FIX:-
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Change the following on config.php file.

#define(”PLUGIN_ROOTDIR”,”/tmp”);
define(”PLUGIN_ROOTDIR”,”plugins”);

Cause:-
The server is PHP-SUEXEC enabled so the plugin_rootdir should be given
as “plugins” in config.php file.