Frustrations over Fantastico

Fantastico is known to be one of the most popular auto-installers for scripts on Linux servers, as an addon for cPanel. I rarely use it now, but did use it to install WordPress (uploading the files and manually configuring the database would have been inefficient when the same stuff could have been done automatically).

I am now quite dissatisfied with Fantastico as it takes a while before a publisher-released update becomes available for installation and/or upgrade. In the case of WordPress, I’m still not able to upgrade to 2.2. I could just upgrade manually, but this would be inconvenient in the future, when Fantastico is available for automatic upgrade.

Fortunately, these frustrations are lesser now in concern because the host for Geekie.org has just upgraded to cPanel 11. There are some very cool - but as of yet, non-configured - functions introduced in this new version.

Please, if you ever decide to install a platform like WordPress, and you have the necessary skills for manual installation - after all, WordPress takes seconds to install - don’t do it through Fantastico. You’ll get some headaches when upgrading to avoid security risks.

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