phpmyadmin "Not Found" after install on Apache, Ubuntu

Question

Setting up a development environment with Ubuntu 14.04 running in VirtualBox, following this guide: http://klau.si/dev

After installing phpmyadmin, it seems I should be able to access it at http://localhost/phpmyadmin but apache returns a Not Found error. Did this guide leave out a configuration step somewhere? I have already tried restarting the apache service.

There is no phpmyadmin.conf file in apache2/sites-enabled or apache2/sites-available, is this required?

If so, where can I find these files?

using 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost returns the same error. The default apache page at http://localhost works just fine.

the console in the browser shows nothing of value, simply Not Found.

I have also tried rerunning the install script with dpkg-reconfigure -plow phpmyadmin

score 146 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '14 at 21:25

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This issue was resolved thanks to this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP#Troubleshooting_Phpmyadmin_.26_mysql-workbench by adding

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

...to the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and restarting the service.

answered Nov 12 '14 at 21:25

Anonymous Man

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I got same problem using Ubuntu 19.04 and this worked. +1 – Macarrao Nov 13 '19 at 05:37
same problem on ubuntu 18. another save my day moment! – Yazid May 06 '20 at 03:15
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Does not fix the issue for me. Page not found. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:03
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In case it helps anyone in the future: this has also worked for me on ubuntu 20.04. I did all the lamp install and then installed phpmyadmin with sudp apt-get install phpmyadmin. It all went well but http://localhost/phpmyadmin would give me 404 error. Not anymore after these steps. – Rui Alves Apr 04 '21 at 12:27
It was helpful, you can edit the apache.conf by two ways..... "sudo edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf" or "sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf" – Bryan J. Diaz Jun 02 '21 at 04:13
Thanks , It works for me , after that I re started apache2 `sudo systemctl restart apache2` – Prabhat Kumar Nov 16 '21 at 12:12
Not working for me. Still getting 'page not found'. – J82 Dec 27 '21 at 11:53
This has also worked for me on ubuntu 20.04...this is after following all steps including `$ sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin` – Lawrence Macharia Feb 09 '22 at 06:36
Worked for me on ubuntu 22.04 – Juan Carlos May 17 '22 at 14:26
I did this on Ubuntu 22.04 and it worked for me – MarioV Jun 26 '23 at 14:28

Rashmi Jain · Answer 2 · 2017-10-10T05:36:49.147

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Try this

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

edited Oct 10 '17 at 05:36

answered Sep 11 '17 at 09:08

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Nope. Same "Page not found" error. This is getting predictable. Does Ubuntu ever work? Ever? – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 00:55

score 58 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '15 at 08:00

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow phpmyadmin

Select No when asked to reconfigure the database. Then when asked to choose apache2, make sure to hit space while [ ] apache2 is highlighted. An asterisk should appear between the brackets. Then hit Enter. Phpmyadmin should reconfigure and now http://localhost/phpmyadmin should work. for further detail https://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-13.04-lamp

answered Aug 17 '15 at 08:00

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This one is valid answer...also use tab to highlight an option like "ok" or "cancel" – BharathRao May 21 '18 at 18:32
Nope, keeping up with SO's apparent 100% track record of providing non-working answers wherever my Ubuntu install ins concerned, this leaves me with the same "Page not found" error it was supposed to solve. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 00:53
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Follow the steps as expained without leaving any point @JohnSmith – Bikram Shrestha Jun 14 '20 at 15:29

score 43 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 12 '21 at 17:03

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The easiest way to do in ubuntu (I tested in ubuntu-20.04):

Step 1. Open the file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Step 2: Add the following line at the end of file:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Step 3: Restart apache2:

sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

edited Apr 12 '21 at 17:03

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answered Nov 06 '20 at 16:02

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score 14 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 14 '18 at 08:50

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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 nano :)

sudo nano /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 Aug 14 '18 at 08:50

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answered Jan 07 '18 at 23:48

Nurul Furqon

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what is username password default to login in phpmyadmin ? – Gauravbhai Daxini Aug 14 '18 at 05:28
NOPE! God, I'm just loving spending days and days on SO trying things to try and get my stock Ubuntu installation running, of which literally ZERO ever work. How does anyone ever use Ubuntu? Does it ever work at all? Literally NOBODY seems to know how to fix ANY problems with it at all. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 00:59
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@JohnSmith You ever find a solution to this? None of these worked for me either. – J82 Dec 27 '21 at 12:26

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 28 '19 at 11:19

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Finally I got the solution

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

More about https://askubuntu.com/questions/55280/phpmyadmin-is-not-working-after-i-installed-it

answered Aug 28 '19 at 11:19

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Anyone checking my recent comment history will surely be shocked to know that NOPE this does not fix the problem at all. Page not found. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:00
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This fixed it for me, thanks! – Johan Fick Feb 17 '22 at 19:51

score 5 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 12 '20 at 13:46

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Create a link in /var/www/html like this to fix the error:

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

edited Jan 12 '20 at 13:46

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answered Jan 11 '20 at 21:02

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False, just like, apparently, every single other response to every single Ubuntu issue on SO... leaves me with the same Page Not Found error that every other "solution" does. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:01

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 12 '22 at 15:51

For anyone still running into issues with this- check that you're actually using apache! I knocked my head against this for 20 minutes or so before I remembered...I use NginX on this server...=). @john-smith, this one's for you buddy.

To get it working on nginx, all you should have to do is create a sim link and restart php:

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

Note that for you, it may be /var/www/ and not /var/www/html, depending on your dir structure.

Sundar · Answer 9 · 2020-04-28T03:43:52.503

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

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

sudo service apache2 restart

Run above commands issue will be resolved.

edited Apr 28 '20 at 03:43

answered Apr 27 '20 at 16:26

Sundar

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Drumroll, please...... NOPE! The above commands do nothing to fix the issue. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:02

score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 07:12

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Run the following command in terminal:

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

edited Sep 19 '17 at 07:12

Vahid Boreiri

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answered Sep 19 '17 at 05:57

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Does not do anything to fix the issue. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:04

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 27 '19 at 12:21

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It seems like sometime during the second half of 2018 many php packages such as php-mysql and phpmyadmin were removed or changed. I faced that same problem too. So you'll have to download it from another source or find out the new packages

answered Mar 27 '19 at 12:21

j0k3r

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Dec 01 '19 at 02:25

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You will need to configure your apache2.conf to make phpMyAdmin works.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Then add the following line to the end of the file.

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Then restart apache

sudo service apache2 restart

answered Dec 01 '19 at 02:25

Buddhiprakash Kumawat

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False, does not fix the issue. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:04

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 19 '20 at 01:09

I had the same issue where these fixes didn't work.

I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 using hestiaCP with Nginx.

Today after adding

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

into both Apache and Nginx, Nginx failed to restart. It was having an issue with "proxy_buffers" value.

Yesterday I had to modify the Nginx config to add and increase these values so Magento 2.4 would run. Today I altered "proxy_buffers" again

proxy_buffers            3 64k;
proxy_buffer_size        128k;
proxy_busy_buffers_size  128k;

After the second alteration and the removal of "Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf" from both Apache and Nginx, Magento 2.4 and PHPMyAdmin are working as expected.

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 01 '22 at 20:03

I didn't try Rashmi Jain's symlink answer. It seems like it would work. But if it doesn't work for you, perhaps try this.

I just created the file `/etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf' and added this line to it:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

(rather than putting it into /etc/apache2/apache2.conf as in Anonymous Man's answer)

Then:

sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Thomas L · Answer 15 · 2022-09-04T18:17:39.037

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I had the same problem after installing mysql, apache2, php and finally phpmyadmin after each other. In my case it was solved by restarting apache2 (no need to update any configuration file):

sudo systemctl restart apache2

edited Sep 04 '22 at 18:17

answered Sep 03 '22 at 14:23

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 21 '22 at 04:36

@John smith, I was facing the same issue of not being able to access phpmyadmin for 3 days, I found the solution. -- Get xampp, check this tutorial https://youtu.be/VHfij95yOpo -- Run this command before starting xampp app

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

sudo service mysql stop

That's it, it worked for me

mubashir kappan · Answer 17 · 2022-11-21T09:00:14.373

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first go to the location of phpmyadmin via terminal then type this
code php -S localhost:8001

edited Nov 21 '22 at 09:00

answered Nov 21 '22 at 08:57

mubashir kappan

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Although this is a way to get PHP to serve PHPMyAdmin, it isn't really the answer to the question, since the question is about using it with Apache. It also doesn't really explain what that does. It should also include supporting information. – hsanders Nov 23 '22 at 21:05

score -1 · Answer 18 · edited Dec 20 '16 at 04:36

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First check PhpMyAdmin is install or not. If it is installed then search PhpMyadmin folder. After search cut and paste that folder in location Computer->var->www->html->paste folder. Open browser and type localhost/phpMyAdmin and login using username and password.

edited Dec 20 '16 at 04:36

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answered Dec 20 '16 at 03:26

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score -1 · Answer 19 · edited Jun 30 '19 at 17:38

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If you are having this problem in 2019, go to your 000-default.conf file, by typing this subl /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf (in your terminal to open the file in sublime editor)

When the file loads, locate "The ServerName directive sets the request scheme" and place this "Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf" on top .

Then restart your apache with the command...service apache2 restart That will certainly fix the issue. Hope it helps!

edited Jun 30 '19 at 17:38

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answered Jun 30 '19 at 11:48

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It certainly did nothing to fix the issue. Page not found. – John Smith Jun 08 '20 at 01:07

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