There are following setups to install opencart on your webserver
upload folder, license.txt file and readme.txt fileThe upload folder contains all the files to host open-cart website needed to upload on server. license.txt contains the license agreement andreadme.txt file contains current install and upgrade instructions.
The next setup to upload files on web-server. You can use the filezilla to upload the files.
Create database for you shop using cpanel . C panel provides an interface named phpmyadmin to create database.
You have to rename the two files named config-dist.php to config.php and admin/config-dist.php to admin/config.php .
Final step is to run auto-installer. Open your browser and run your shop url, you can see the installation first page.