How to install PhpMyAdmin on Linux (CentOS)

Usually I relay on AppServ when it comes to installing the web-server and its necessary components. Recently I found my “PhpMyAdmin” missing from the installation. I expected it to be a bit complicated but rather turned out to be very easy.

Here is how you can get it done.

1. Login as a root user or
   
   # su
2. Move to your web directory
   
   # cd /var/www/html
3. Download the desired PhpMyAdmin package
   

   Choose either of the command depending on the version you server support. phpMyAdmin-2.11.3 is compatible with PHP 4+ and MySQL 3+ and phpMyAdmin-3.2.4 compatible with PHP 5 and MySQL 5.
   
   # wget -c http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpmyadmin/
   phpMyAdmin-2.11.3-english.tar.gz?download
   
   # wget -c http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpmyadmin/
   phpMyAdmin-3.2.4-english.tar.gz?download

4. Unzip and extract the files
   # tar xvfz phpMyAdmin-3.2.4-english.tar.gz
5. Rename the extrcted folder to phpmyadmin
   # mv phpMyAdmin-3.2.4-english phpmyadm

6. Move to the new folder
   # cd phpmyadmin

7. copy the smaple config and make a new conig file
   # cp config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php
8. Edit the config.inc.php file
   
   # nano config.inc.php
   
   Go to the flilowing line and change to ‘http’
   
   ………
   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = ‘http’; # default is cookies
   
   ……..
   To save the edited file press “Ctrl+o” and press “Enter” key
   
   To exit file press “Ctrl+x”
9. Restart the webserver
   # /etc/init.d/httpd restart

Now you can go to the url “www.yourserver.com/phpmyadmin”. You will get a popup authentication box. Enter the mysql username and password

• Reference Sites
• http://www.aoddy.com/2007/12/12/how-to-install-phpmyadmin-2113-on-centos-5/