{"id":70,"date":"2012-06-27T15:54:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2023-02-01T18:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:19:28","slug":"a-script-in-the-root-directory-already-exists-you-can-only-install-one-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/blog\/control-panel\/a-script-in-the-root-directory-already-exists-you-can-only-install-one-script\/","title":{"rendered":"A script in the root directory already exists. You can only install one script."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When installing CMS (Content Management System) from cPanel, you may receive this error. This is because the same CMS (Content Management System) was installed earlier from cPanel. 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