How to Quick-Start With PhpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid 32-64bit Gnu/Linux

Open a Command Line Terminal Window
Ctrl+Alt+t
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

Install & Enable MCrypt PHP Extension

sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

sudo service apache2 restart

Download Latest Phpmyadmin 4.x for Linux:

Double-Click on Archive Extract into /tmp

Or from Command Line:

tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/phpMyAdmin*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

Relocate Phpmyadmin Folder.

sudo su

If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

chown -R www-data:www-data /tmp/phpMyAdmin*

If the PHP User is different then adapt the above Command Consequently…

mv /tmp/phpMyAdmin* /var/www/html/phpmyadmin

Create a “config” Directory.

cd /var/www/html/phpmyadmin

mkdir config

chown www-data:www-data config

chmod o+rw config

Make a Config Script or Run Phpmyadmin Setup.

mv config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php & exit

Then Run Phpmyadmin Setup
Point your Browser to:

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/setup

Add a New Server:

Set at Least the Authentication Password:

Apply the MySQL Server Configuration!

Login into Phpmyadmin Backend to Admin MySQL Databases.

Point your Browser to:

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

Then you are able to Manage Create/Edit/Delete the MySQL Databases on Ubuntu System :)