How to install Fantastico on cPanel/WHM

Install Fantastico – Quick and easy tutorial on how to install Fantastico on to your VPS or Dedicated Server for cPanel/WHM.

 

Firstly, login to your server through root SSH – If you need an SSH client you can download Putty here.

 

STEP 1:

 

Enter the commands below one by one:

cd /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi
wget -N http://files.betaservant.com/files/free/fantastico_whm_admin.tgz
tar -xzpf fantastico_whm_admin.tgz
rm -rf fantastico_whm_admin.tgz

STEP 2:

2.1: Login to your WHM

2.2: Scroll down your navigation to the bottom, you will need to find the ‘Plugins’ section (or Add-Ons depending on your cPanel/WHM version).

2.3: Locate ‘Fantastico De Luxe Admin’ and open it

2.4: Now just follow the instructions to complete the installation of Fantastico.

2.5: Once the installation is complete, you can access the Fantastico client interface through any of your cPanel accounts.

 

STEP 3 – If you receive any errors:

 

If you receive the “Source Guardian Error” when you visit the Fantastico client interface, run the command:

chmod -R 0755 /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/ixed

If you can’t see the Fantastico option within your cPanel accounts then:

1. Go to WHM

2. Edit the ‘Default Features List’

3. Select to activate Fantastico

 

 

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10 Comments

  1. webbhotell 15 years ago

    Hey thanks, great article! will try this on my VPS right now.

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  2. whm cpanel 15 years ago

    Thank you for the tutorial, very helpful.

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  3. flash games 14 years ago

    This tutorial is helpful for me. I was looking for this.

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  4. sql 14 years ago

    Helpful information, very detailed, thanks

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  5. CD duplication 14 years ago

    I wasn’t aware of the fact that there was such an easy way from the command line to install it. I guess for most people this will seem a bit intimidating but you only need to do it once and don’t need to learn a lot of jargon.

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  6. Cheap Beijing Tours 14 years ago

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  7. web design hamilton 14 years ago

    This Fantastico seems quite fantastic 😀

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  8. Boucle oreilles 14 years ago

    Hey, thanks. It seems like an useful plugin.

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  9. Office Space Cheadle 14 years ago

    Fantastico is easy to install, if there are such nice tutorial is available to guide users. I think you should also add a video or some pictures to makes the thing more easier.

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  10. OLI Hosting Blog 14 years ago

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