Installing phpmyadmin on Ubuntu 12.04

phpMyAdmin is a free and open source tool used to handle mySQL database functionalities via web browser. Creating, editing or dropping databases, fields or tables can be done in this tool with a click of a button (instead of typing long queries).

This is a simple guide intended to install phpMyAdmin version 3.5.3 on Ubuntu 12.04


First of all, you have to have LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL and PHP) installed and configured, if you haven't done so yet, follow the steps in this link, before proceeding here.

And, Lastly, this guide is intended for the installation of phpMyAdmin on the Ubuntu 12.04 operating system. 

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + T , to open the CLI.

2. Type sudo su to access root / admin privileges, and input your password.

 

3. Type apt-get install phpmyadmin

4. When this screen pops up, select apache2 and press Enter.

5. Press yes when this screen appears, input the needed information (i used root for user and password - for simplicity's sake).

6. Type cd / and ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf

7. Type service apache2 restart

8. Go to your browser and type localhost/phpmyadmin .. this screen should appear. Gz.