When you install phpmyadmin, it says: ================================================================= POST-INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS 1. Create config.inc.php. You can use the web-based installer: http://localhost//phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php Alternatively, use the default config file in libraries/config.default.php: cp /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/libraries/config.default.php /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php =============== When running http://localhost/phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php you cannot save it under "Configuration", because phpmyadmin/config is not writeable for the apache user. To get it working, postinstall needs to do: mkdir /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config/ chmod o+rw /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config/ chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/phpmyadmin/config/
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