Back to the Basics - cPanel Script Installations

[ScottDaMan]

I don't know why, but I get asked this quite a bit.

How do you deal with 1000+ file script installations without shell and with cPanel?

Many haven't discovered this, but all you need to do if FTP the packaged zip file you downloaded from your resource. Once it is uploaded via FTP, follow this guide:
How to Upload and Unzipping .zip and .gz files in cPanel -

Of course, if your installing an open source package like wordpress or OpenAds, see if your cpanel host offers Fantastico to easily install with a couple clicks.

It takes me 5 minutes to install a custom 4000 file script, including upload times. Had I attempted to manually transfer these files to FTP one by one, we're talking several hours.

If you have shell access, there is easy unix/windows commands to unpack a file. This post is for those who don't have this access.

 

[Bofu2U]

For those with shell, usually if it's a .tar.gz it's
tar zxvf filename.tar.gz

Just wanted to throw that in - and for PLESK hosts they have i think it's called ScriptVault, and there's also InstallaTron which are both like Fantastico.