This is not exactly a website offering automatic installations or auto-install softwares, but actually a website run by a person called Sridhar Katakam, a 28 year old from Bangalore, India.

Script install

What is it all about?

Script Install 4 Free is the website from where he offers manual installs of various popular scripts and programs free of cost.

What are the various scripts that I can get installed?

These are the scripts that Sridhar can install for you:

  1. Blogs like WordPress, Movable Type
  2. Bulletin Boards like phpBB2, IPB, vBulletin, SMF, punBB
  3. CMS like Joomla, Drupal, PostNuke
  4. Gallery scripts like Menalto’s Gallery, Coppermine
  5. Social bookmarking/rating system or Digg clone like Pligg
  6. Any other PHP/MySQL script as long as it has installation instructions.

Who can utilize this service?

This service is basically for people who are inexperienced in dealing with such scripts or want to avoid problems with installations. Sridhar’s objective of starting this service is

With the idea that everyone should have a web presence no matter how old they are, where they live, and what they do, I am offering my services of PHP/MySQL script installation free of cost.

Now, anything for free may not be trusted by netizens very easily. Sridhar explains his motives behind offering this service for free.

What is in it for you? Why would you do this for free?

Nothing. Just the satisfaction that I am putting my free time to good use.

How can I trust you by providing you my FTP and Database info?

You may want to create a temporary account for me and delete it once I am done with the installation.

How soon will you start attending my request? How much time will you take to complete it?

I’ll take it up depending on my free time, other pending requests and my mood. Usually each installation will take up about half an hour. I’ll keep you updated by e-mail.

You can also pay him if you want your install to be completed on a priority basis. All you need to do is register with the site and post a request to him using the contact form giving the necessary details.