How to Install OpenCart From Your cPanel Using Softaculous

Written by Arian Jahansouz Saturday, 24 April 2010

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to install OpenCart from your cPanel.

Sign into your cPanel and follow these steps:

1) Click Softaculous.

2) Scroll down to E-Commerce. Find the OpenCart link and click on it.

3) Click Install.

4) Fill out all of the boxes. If your site has SSL, choose the HTTPS protocol it has in the Choose Protocol box. For In Directory, type the name of a new directory you would like created or leave the box blank to install OpenCart directly to your domain. When you are finished, click Install.

5) You will then get a confirmation page of your installation.

This concludes how to install OpenCart from your cPanel.

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13 Comments

1. william   |  Tuesday, 01 June 2010 at 10:25 am

   very useful stuff

   
2. Mitch Cass   |  Friday, 11 June 2010 at 7:16 am

   This is great information. However, I have a question. Will Opencart upgrade automatically, or will Softaculous notify me of upgrades and provide some kind of automation, or do I need to FTP manually?

   
3. Avesta   |  Wednesday, 01 September 2010 at 5:19 pm

   Hi Mitch,

   Softaculous has an upgrade option, but you must go in there and click upgrade whenever a new version is available in Softaculous. So, while it will try to upgrade it for you, it will not automatically do it for you upon new releases without your consent.

   Regards,
   Avesta
   Arvixe.com

   
4. Ana Lorena   |  Tuesday, 16 November 2010 at 2:05 pm

   I instaled the opencart this way, but i can not enter via administrator, how i do this?

   
5. Arvand Sabetian   |  Friday, 19 November 2010 at 10:17 pm

   As soon as you install it from within softaculous, it does outline the URL for administration. I would suggest removing and reinstalling and paying attention to the last screen.

   
6. Donnie Causey   |  Friday, 03 December 2010 at 8:03 pm

   i have installed oc via softaculous and when i log into the site via ftp, i do not see the directories.

   
7. Arvand Sabetian   |  Sunday, 12 December 2010 at 8:35 am

   It should be under public_html. If you installed in a subdirectory (such as opencart or ocart), then its under public_html/THAT_DIRECTORY such as public_html/ocart

   
8. andrea bucchioni   |  Thursday, 17 November 2011 at 10:22 am

   opencart have the italian language installed? or only english? thank you!

   
9. sum   |  Monday, 12 March 2012 at 3:51 am

   Am i able to choose verison of open cart , should be 1.5.1.3 rather than 1.5.2?

   
10. stanley   |  Tuesday, 02 October 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Opencart can suport chinese?

    
11. Noah S   |  Wednesday, 03 October 2012 at 8:54 pm

    Hi, yes it does.

    http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=7831

    
12. Gabriel Duarte   |  Sunday, 20 January 2013 at 7:11 am

    OpenCart is only avaliable in OpenCart Web Hosting plan or can I buy a Linux Hosting plan and have OpenCart?
    Thank you!

    
13. Arian Jahansouz   |  Tuesday, 22 January 2013 at 7:02 am

    You can buy a Linux plan and have OpenCart installed!