phpmyadmin package does not install under /var/www

[acambre]

When I install phpmyadmin using apt-get install phpmyadmin, it appears to put it everywhere except /var/www according to find. The package wasn't even nice enough to give me a symbolic link.

Where do I find instructions on the "proper" way of using phpmyadmin through the apt package? Do I just need to forget about using the apt package and install from source? (Yeah, I know, it's not hard, but I like brainless installs. )

[mannih2001]

The phpmyadmin package install the files to /usr/share/phpmyadmin.

But it also creates a symlink in /etc/apache2/conf.d and restarts apache so that you should be able to go to localhost/phpyadmin immediately.

At least that all happens on my system when I install the package with Synaptic and with the default /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.

So either you changed your apache2.conf so that it no longer includes files in conf.d or apt-get install does something a little different than synaptic.

[mannih2001]

Originally Posted by mannih2001 ... or apt-get install does something a little different than synaptic.

Indeed. I just tried it and although "apt-get intall phpmyadmin" asks which server it should configure, it does not create that symlink.

All you need to do is create a symlink in /etc/apache2/conf.d/ to /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf.

[acambre]

Originally Posted by mannih2001 Indeed. I just tried it and although "apt-get intall phpmyadmin" asks which server it should configure, it does not create that symlink. All you need to do is create a symlink in /etc/apache2/conf.d/ to /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf.

Thanks. Shouldn't that have been set up automatically? Is that a package bug? If so, where is it reported?

[mistervino]

I've been experiencing the same problem. I got it fixed, though!

The only thing that's missing is the symbolic link to the phpMyAdmin directory.

Run the following command and you'll have a folder called "phpmyadmin" in your localhost.

sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin

Now you can access phpMyAdmin at http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

Hope that helps!

[acambre]

Originally Posted by mistervino I've been experiencing the same problem. I got it fixed, though! The only thing that's missing is the symbolic link to the phpMyAdmin directory. Run the following command and you'll have a folder called "phpmyadmin" in your localhost. sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin Now you can access phpMyAdmin at http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ Hope that helps!

Yup, that's basically what I did. Where can we report this apparent bug in the package?

[mannih2001]

I just tried this again (using aptitude) and it seems that the user (i.e. me) was the problem. The text-interface asked me which web server I wanted to configure and I guess that I simply hit return when the apache2 entry was highlighted the last time I tried this. However, that's not enough. You have to explicitly select apache2 by hitting space before hitting return. Duh.

The same goes for apt-get.

[epimeteo]

You don't need any link to /var/www/. You can remove that link try:

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

It will work.

The phpmyadmin alias in apache is set in /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf and this one is linked to /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf, so there is no need to add a link to /var/www/, unless you want it to be clearly visible to others.

[mahousaru]

Originally Posted by epimeteo You don't need any link to /var/www/. You can remove that link try: http://localhost/phpmyadmin It will work. The phpmyadmin alias in apache is set in /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf and this one is linked to /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf, so there is no need to add a link to /var/www/, unless you want it to be clearly visible to others.

Also if you have multiple users on your system you should avoid allowing following links. Using the alias statement as epimeteo has stated followed up by a directory one is the standard course of actions.

If you want to be really secure and access the site via https and restrict it to only specific addresses then something on the lines of:

Remove the symlink to the php file that I believe exists in /etc/apache2/conf.d it should point to a file that looks like:

    <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>                                                                                        
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks                                                                                   
            DirectoryIndex index.php                                                                                         
                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
            # Authorize for setup                                                                                            
            <Files setup.php>                                                                                                
                # For Apache 1.3 and 2.0                                                                                     
                <IfModule mod_auth.c>                                                                                        
                    AuthType Basic                                                                                           
                    AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup"                                                                              
                    AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup                                                              
                </IfModule>                                                                                                  
                # For Apache 2.2

Copy the contents of the file and add to your ssl definitions that with the added alias and the following lines marked in red

    
    Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

     <Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>                                                                                        
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks                                                                                   
            DirectoryIndex index.php                                                                                         
            Order deny,allow                                                                                                 
            Deny from all                                                                                                    
            Allow from 127.0.0.1                                                                                             
            Allow from 10.0.0.0/24                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
            # Authorize for setup                                                                                            
            <Files setup.php>                                                                                                
                # For Apache 1.3 and 2.0                                                                                     
                <IfModule mod_auth.c>                                                                                        
                    AuthType Basic                                                                                           
                    AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup"                                                                              
                    AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup                                                              
                </IfModule>                                                                                                  
                # For Apache 2.2

[enixon]

After Installing phpmyadmin through synaptic an through the terminal, it still wasn't linked to my www folder. mistervino 's fix took care of it completely. Thanks for the info.