How to solve the phpmyadmin not found issue after upgrading php and apache?

Question

Recently I have install the PHP, Apache, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, python in my Ubuntu Desktop 12.04.3 LTS to use it as a LAMP server. The commands I used to install these are given below:

1: sudo passwd
2: su
3: apt-get install php5
4: apt-get install apache2
5: apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
6: apt-get install phpmyadmin
7: apt-get install python
8: apt-get install python-mysqldb
9: ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
10: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Then everything works fine. The LAMP server runs great. Then i thought to upgrade the whole LAMP server I mean the PHP, Apahce, MySQL, phpMyAdmin etc. Then I searched in google and get some ppa which got the latest versions of these softwares. Then I added those ppa. The ppa links:

1. https://launchpad.net/~tuxpoldo/+archive/phpmyadmin
2. https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/mysql-5.6
3. https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/apache2
4. https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/php5

Then is used these ppa and firstly upgraded the phpmyadmin then MySQL server then Apache and then PHP. After upgradation of phpmyadmin and mysql server the whole LAMP server runs well with the updated mysql server and phpmyadmin. But after the upgradation of Apache and PHP the phpmyadmin is not showing up. When I try:

http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin

it says "Not Found".

How can I sove this problem with the phpmyadmin?? Please help me as fast as you can. I am in great trouble for this.

Thanks in advance.

consider http://askubuntu.com/q/55280/192102 – Sukupa91 Dec 06 '13 at 14:09 — Sukupa91, Dec 06 '13 at 14:09

Achu · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-05T12:00:32.010

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Create a link in /var/www like this:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/

Note: since 14.04 you may want to use /var/www/html/ instead of /var/www/

If that's not working for you, you need to include PHPMyAdmin inside apache configuration.

Open apache.conf using your favorite editor, mine is vim :)

sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Then add the following line:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

For Ubuntu 15.04 and 16.04

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf
sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin.conf
sudo service apache2 reload

edited Jun 05 '16 at 12:00

answered Dec 06 '13 at 13:53

Achu

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After this I needed to restart the apache server. – Mostafiz Rahman Sep 25 '14 at 00:17
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Bypassed the first recommendation and went straight for the Include. Worked like a charm. Thanks @Achu – Blake Petersen Nov 26 '14 at 04:54
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sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf followed by sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin.conf and sudo service apache2 reload is the correct way with 15.04. – Henry's Cat May 11 '15 at 01:07
Worked like a charm for me. I didnt need to make the sofltlink to /var/www – Nicholas Terry May 25 '15 at 01:22
@Henry'sCat I think you should put your comment as an answer! Thank you. – PhoneixS Dec 22 '15 at 17:08
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1000 thanks from me :* love you. Perfect answer! – Lachezar Raychev Jan 11 '16 at 12:55
Worked in mint-os 17.3 I used sudo this ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/html/ – Sourav301 Apr 05 '16 at 06:45
Instructions for 15.04 worked for 16.04 as well. Actually, only these instructions seemed to work. – shivisuper Jun 02 '16 at 01:17
linking in /var/www/html/ did the trick for me – Developerium Aug 23 '16 at 10:04
Thank you, I always struggled on this after fresh Raspbian install. I bookmarked for post for later use – Feralheart Mar 11 '17 at 16:57
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over the years... I found this the golden answer that I wouldnt know what to do or how to behave without..
a 1,000,000 Thank you for this I wish it was documented out somewhere that is as easy to find as this..

Thank you !
– Itachi Sama Mar 02 '18 at 21:31
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@ItachiSama You welcome a million :-D – Achu Mar 13 '18 at 11:58
@titusfx: Re your edit suggestions: this is Ask Ubuntu, so we're not looking for answers with deviating solutions for other Linux distributions and consider them “noise”. – David Foerster Jun 29 '18 at 10:53
Thanks a lot only adding Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf for me works – Zain Ul Abidin Jun 08 '22 at 07:02

Rael Gugelmin Cunha · Answer 2 · 2020-12-17T17:49:03.507

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Usually this is an issue after a vanilla install in 16.04, 18.04 and 20.04 (Focal Fossa) and higher too.

To fix it:

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf
sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

edited Dec 17 '20 at 17:49

answered Apr 28 '16 at 12:24

Rael Gugelmin Cunha

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this is a much better solution than the answer that includes it into the main /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, since you can now a2enconf and a2disconf easily – Flame May 12 '23 at 11:43

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '13 at 13:49

Most probably your apache doesn't load the configuration of the phpmyadmin part.

The link you made from /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf to /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf may not be valid anymore after the update. Make this link again, but notice the names may be different. After that, restart apache.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:46

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answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:46

Saurabh Chandra Patel

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 29 '18 at 15:13

Here is another alternative way to do it:

Add to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf this "Include conf.d/*.conf" if it is not already there.

Next execute those two commands:

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

It should be working.

NOTE: Depends on which Linux flavour you are using. If its Redhat or Amazon Linux, apache2 should be named httpd and path would be /etc/httpd, in Debian-based Linux like Ubuntu, folder name is apache2.

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