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Whenever I try to install phpmyadmin on my ubuntu server 18.04 I get the following errors

sudo apt install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package phpmyadmin
E: Unable to locate package php-mbstring
E: Unable to locate package php-gettext

Most threads I ca find suggest reupdating and upgrading using apt, but doing so doesn't do anything, also I get that error on the fourth line

Err:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nijel/phpmyadmin/ubuntu bionic Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:7 http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge Release
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/nijel/phpmyadmin/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.

Can someone help with this?

eR_
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newbieandroid
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3 Answers3

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This worked for me:

sudo add-apt-repository universe

Then:

sudo apt install phpmyadmin
Kilian Perdomo Curbelo
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Your ppa doesn't serve phpmyadmin for bionic version. You should remove ppa first: 

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:nijel/phpmyadmin
sudo apt update

then run your command again

sudo apt install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext
eR_
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    Still same issue, unable to locate it – newbieandroid Aug 05 '18 at 10:39
  • have you try sudo apt dist-upgrade when upgrading? – eR_ Aug 05 '18 at 13:22
  • Didn't work for me, I got a "The user named '~nijel' has no PPA named 'ubuntu/phpmyadmin'" - I had to manually remove the reference file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nijel-ubuntu-phpmyadmin-xenial.list – n.r. Apr 26 '19 at 09:57
  • Check your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and remove the file for phpmyadmin – Maziyar May 02 '19 at 12:10
  • you write sudo apt install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext <-- I think now with Ubuntu 20.4 you just need sudo apt install phpmyadmin. 'cos php-gettext equivalent is installed with php. And php-mbstring is installed with phpmyadmin. – barlop Jan 09 '21 at 18:54
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I have precisely the same issue. Tried sudo apt install phpmyadmin (with and without php-gettext and php-mbstring which I installed separately as I am using php7.1) but always get E: Unable to locate package phpmyadmin

and for the add-add-repository

E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/nijel/phpmyadmin/ubuntu bionic Relea se' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disa bled by default.

Also tried downloading the package from a mirror but got nowhere with that either.

Is the ppa broken and is there another solution or workaround or something I can do to help resolve this issue?

TechnoTim2010
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