How to install cPanel

Jason Brown

This article provides the steps needed to install cPanel.

Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH.
Update the system packages.
- For CentOS 7, CloudLinux 7, or CloudLinux 6, run the following command:
```
yum update
```
- For CloudLinux 8 and AlamLinux 8, run the following command:
```
dnf update
```
- For Ubuntu, run the following commands:
```
apt update
```
```
apt upgrade
```
Reboot the server.
```
shutdown -r now
```
Once the server has rebooted, access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH.

Run the following command.

cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest

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