Question

Can't install phpMyAdmin

Posted on April 3, 2020
Ubuntu 18.04 MySQL Apache PHP
Asked by rogengupta6

Every time i wanted to install phpmyadmin, i faced this problem. Tried everything but this problem haven’t solved. Migrating my sites here.

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alexdo

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• April 5, 2020

Accepted Answer

Hello, @rogengupta6

I tried following thsi article - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-secure-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-18-04 as described and it seems like it works as expected.

Note that you need to also follow the mentioned prerequisites otherwise you might hit unexpected errors.

In my case I had to do the following:

Follow the steps from the initial server setup guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-18-04
Then follow the steps on how to install LAMP: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-ubuntu-18-04
And finally proceed with the phpMyAdmin tutorial

I think that you would get the error in case that you have not run the ```sudo mysql_secure_installation`` command from the How to install LAMP tutorial.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex