**1. **Log into your cPanel account.
**2.** In the "**Software**" section, click on "**Softaculous App Installer**" Icon.
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/softaculous-icon.gif)

**3. **cPanel will redirect you to the Softaculous Panel.
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4. ** On the left side of your screen you should locate the "**Blogs**" category. Click on it and then click on the "**Dotclear**" link that will appear.
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/Dotclear-softaculous.gif)

**5. **Click on the "**Install**" button
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/Dotclear-install-button.gif)

**6. **Fill the necessary field under the "**Software Setup**" field:

- **Choose Protocol:** You can leave this as it is.

- **Choose Domain: **If you don't have multiple domains, leave this as it is.

- **In Directory:** If you want to install this in a directory, for example example.com/directory, enter the directory name. Otherwise, leave this blank to install in your main domain example.com

**7.** Under the "**Site Settings**" field:

- **Site Name:** Enter the name of your website, such as "**my first website**".

![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/Dotclear-install-screen.gif)

**8. **Under the "**Admin Account**" field enter the following information:

- **Admin Username:** Your new Dotclear username (for security reason do not use the "Administrator" or the "Admin" username.)

- **Admin Password: **Use a strong password.

- **First Name:** Enter your first name

- **Last Name:** Enter your last name.

- **Admin Email:** Your e-mail address.

**Note:** Copy the admin username and password on a notepad because you will need these login details to access the admin area of your Dotclear blog.

**Choose Language:** You can chose the language of your Dotclear blog. The default language of Dotclear is English.
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/Dotclear-screen2.gif)

**9.** **Advanced Options: **Leave this as it is, unless you want to change the database name or take an automated backup. Please note that taking frequent backups may take a lot of disk space.

Finally, scroll down to the end of page and click on the Install Button.
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/softaculous-install-button.gif)