1. Log into your cPanel account.

2. In the “Software” section, you need to hit on “Softaculous App Installer” Icon.

3. When you click on the “Softaculous App Installer” Icon cPanel will revert you to the Softaculous Panel.

4. On the left side of your screen you should locate the “Forums” section. Click on it and then click on the “MyBB” link that will be appeared on the screen.

5. Click on the “Install” button.

6. Fill up the needed details in 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 would like to install this in a directory, for example, example.com/directory, just mention the directory name. Elseways, you can just leave it blank to install in your main domain example.com

7. Fill up the following details under the “Board Settings” field:
Site Name: Enter the name of your website, such as “My Website”.
Board Name: Name of the forum
Board E-mail: The forums e-mail address.

8. Under the “Admin Account” field enter the following information:
Admin Username: Your new MyBB username (for safety purpose do not use the “Administrator” or the “Admin” username.)
Admin Password: Use a strong password.
Admin Email: Your e-mail address. (Useful for administrator account password reset, notification, etc)

Note: Have a Copy of your admin username and password on a notepad as the login particulars are essential to access the admin area of your MyBB Forum.

9. Fill up the required details in the “Choose Language” field:
Select Language: The default language of the forum is English.

10. Advanced Options: Leave this as it is unless you want to change the database name or take an automated backup. Please see to it that you are not taking too many continuous backups as it can utilize a lot of disk space.

Atlast, scroll down to the end of the page and then click on the Install Button