Question
PHPMyAdmin MySQL/Nginx/Ubuntu 18.04 Install Error
- Posted on November 29, 2018
- MySQLNginxUbuntu 18.04
Asked by LucyTurtle
Hello,
I am trying to install phpmyadmin on my Ubuntu 18.04/Nginx Server.
Because digital ocean does not yet have a guide for 18.04/Nginx/PHPMyAdmin yet I was using this one: https://devanswers.co/installing-phpmyadmin-nginx-ubuntu-18-04/
But after I follow all the steps I get the error below.
How can I fix this?
An error occurred while installing the database:
mysql said: ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'IDENTIFIED BY '********'' at line 1 . Your options are:
* abort - Causes the operation to fail; you will need to downgrade,
reinstall, reconfigure this package, or otherwise manually intervene
to continue using it. This will usually also impact your ability to
install other packages until the installation failure is resolved.
* retry - Prompts once more with all the configuration questions
(including ones you may have missed due to the debconf priority
setting) and makes another attempt at performing the operation.
* retry (skip questions) - Immediately attempts the operation again,
skipping all questions. This is normally useful only if you have
solved the underlying problem since the time the error occurred.
* ignore - Continues the operation ignoring dbconfig-common errors.
This will usually leave this package without a functional database.
Next step for database installation:
abort
retry
retry (skip questions)
ignore
<Ok>
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If you already install mysql on your server, there is a simple way to install phpmyadmin on your server folder. Steps to follow,
i really struggled with this issue while setting up a server on Digital Ocean. I needed a server to Host a Laravel application. Basically i had to setup my server by installing Nginx using this Tutorial, then i installed MYSQL Version 8.0.22 using this Tutorial (basically the latest available version - Which usually leads to this error), then i installed PHP7.4 using this Tutorial of which also required me to check the DigitalOcean article to configure the php processor for Nginx using the same Tutorial i used to install Nginx.
At this point i wanted to install phpMyAdmin, and it failed with the same error, i read every article i could find on Digital Ocean, Stackoverflow and other forums and no solution worked. I found out i could download phpMyAdmin version 5.0.4 or greater (Basically the latest version) from the official website since it would be more compatible with the MYSQL Version 8.0.22. I followed this Tutorial exactly to install phpMyAdmin manually instead of automatically and everything worked perfectly! I was able to open the phpMyAdmin on the browser and even able to login using root and password. I created another user as indicated on the tutorial and was also able the login using that new user.
Really hope this helps someone having the same issue. In conclusion use this article to install phpMyAdmin manually: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-install-manually-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu