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This tutorial will teach you how to find Softaculous in your cPanel. Softaculous is an auto installer for cPanel and DirectAdmin that lets you quickly install a variety of web applications. These applications, also called scripts, make it easy for you to make the most of your web hosting account. Some of the categories of scripts you will find in Softaculous include Blogs, Portals, Content Management Systems, E-Commerce, and Forums.

Before you can find Softaculous you must have purchased a license for the software and installed it on your server. Once this is done, you can open your cPanel, and scroll down to the section called Software/Services. There you will find an icon for Softaculous. Another way to find Softaculous us to use the Find box. Begin typing Softaculous in the box. As you type, cPanel will filter out anything that doesn't match what you type. You will have the Softaculous icon in the Software/Services box when you are done. Click on the icon to open the program. This will take you to the Softaculous main page, and you are ready to begin installing programs.

This concludes this tutorial. You now know how to locate Softaculous in cPanel two different ways.