Hello. I cannot install phpMyAdmin because all the time I receive the following error:
An error occurred while installing the database: │
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│ ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using │
│ password: YES) │
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│ If at this point you choose "retry", you will be prompted with all the │
│ configuration questions once more and another attempt will be made at │
│ performing the operation. "retry (skip questions)" will immediately │
│ attempt the operation again, skipping all questions. If you choose │
│ "abort", the operation will fail and you will need to downgrade, │
│ reinstall, reconfigure this package, or otherwise manually intervene to │
│ continue using it. If you choose "ignore", the operation will continue, │
│ ignoring further errors from dbconfig-common.
As administrator username I enter ‘root’. As password I enter the MySQL password carefully without any mistakes (I’ve done that 3 times so far. The MySQL password is available the moment I connect through SSH.
I am not sure what is causing the problem or what I should do next.
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I have just fixed the issue. Thank you everyone for your amazing support.
It was the issue on my part. I mistook the MySQL’s password entry for MySQL’s username entry.
Everything is fixed now.
@NickJonathan You can’t use same password for secure reasons. Try to install using these commands
@garyirvine Yes, I did. Same result.
did you try to enter MySQL with the same root password?
Hello. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with LAMP setup.
Hello Nick,
What Linux system are you using to install phpMyAdmin?
Try to re-configure mysql-server, change your mysql root password.