How to install phpMyAdmin 4.7.7 on Ubuntu?

Question

I need the latest version, not the 4.6.6 that is available at here . I read the manual and other threads, but everything keeps pointing back to this older version. The reason I need the latest is that the old version doesn't work well on PHP 7.2, as mentioned here .

Isn't it possible to "manually" do an install/upgrade just by downloading the latest version from here ? The contents of the archive look similar to what I get from the "phpMyAdmin PPA". Can't I just overwrite some files manually in the file system to upgrade my version to the latest? Is there a command that starts the installation, if I have the archive unpacked under Ubuntu?

Answer 1

Identify Apache's DocumentRoot

 $ grep DocumentRoot /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
 DocumentRoot /var/www/html

Download Latest Version of phpMyAdmin

 $ cd /var/www/html
 $ sudo wget https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/4.7.7/phpMyAdmin-4.7.7-english.tar.gz
 $ ls
 index.html phpMyAdmin-4.7.7-english.tar.gz

Extract the files

 sudo tar xvzf phpMyAdmin-4.7.7-english.tar.gz

Rename the folder

 sudo mv phpMyAdmin-4.7.7-english phpmyadmin

Remove the files

 sudo rm phpMyAdmin-4.7.7-english.tar.gz

Secure /phpmyadmin Directory

 $ sudo adduser phpmyadmin
 Adding user `phpmyadmin' ...
 Adding new group `phpmyadmin' (1001) ...
 Adding new user `phpmyadmin' (1001) with group `phpmyadmin' ...
 Creating home directory `/home/phpmyadmin' ...
 Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
 Enter new UNIX password:
 Retype new UNIX password:
 passwd: password updated successfully


 sudo chown -R phpmyadmin.phpmyadmin /var/www/html/phpmyadmin

Update phpMyAdmin config.inc With Install Wizard

 $ cd /var/www/html/phpmyadmin
 sudo mkdir config
 sudo chmod o+rw config
 sudo cp config.sample.inc.php config/config.inc.php
 sudo chmod o+w config/config.inc.php

On AWS Cloud9:

 cd -
 sudo mv phpmyadmin ~/workspace/phpmyadmin

Run phpMyAdmin Install Wizard

 http://example.com/phpmyadmin/setup/index.php

if you work in the localhost

 http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/setup/index.php

Under the “Servers” section, click on “New Server.”

Under the “Authentication” tab, type in your MySQL root password in the “Password for Config Auth” box and then click “Apply.”

Remove the phpMyAdmin /config directory for security.

 sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/phpmyadmin/config

source: http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/install-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu/

Answer 2

In order to use the updated version in ubuntu you have to disable the current phpmyadmin from apache.

You can do this by typing "rm /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/phpmyadmin.conf". This is symlinked to /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/phpmyadmin.conf which then again this file is also symlinked to /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Alternatively you can use the "a2disconf phpmyadmin".