Hi,
There's a general misconception about what the
Installer is and whatever is required to use or not. The key feature in the Installer is that provides download + extraction, but if you are in this using the easy servers (cPanel, Plesk, etc) you only need to:
- Download the release
- Upload and extract the
zip
file using your web panel software
- Navigate to
https://yourwebsite.com
and follow the instructions
^ These instructions above have worked from V1.0 onwards.
Nowadays we also have a
VPS provisioning which doesn't rely in the Installer at all as it uses directly the Chevereto API and configures the entire server for provide the best software experience. Of course, if you run a Centos cPanel shared server this VPS provisioning won't be an option.
There's no "better" installation method, just different methods applicable depending on your context. At the end is all the same (provide the application files in a working filesystem).