Installing phpmyadmin in ubuntu

1. Open your terminal and type the command:

   sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

2. It will ask for your password, type your ubuntu password and press enter key, it will ask for confirmation. Type

   y

   and press enter key
3. During the installation you will be prompted for a web server configuration. Select

   Apache

   and press Enter
4. Now you will be prompted for phpmyadmin configuration, select

   no

5. In terminal run the command:

   sudo cp /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d

6. Restart your apache server:

   sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

7. Open your browser and type

   http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

8. Enter root for username and leave password field empty and click on Go
9. You will get the following error:

   Login without a password is forbidden by configuration (see AllowNoPassword)

   when trying to login to your passwordless account; 
10. To enable AllowNoPassword, uncomment or add the following line in /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php :

    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

11. To make this file editable in ubuntu, type in the terminal:

    cd /etc/phpmyadmin

    then press enter
12. Then type

    gksu nautilus

13. Make necessary changes and save the file. Now type

    http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

    in the browser and enter only the username as root and click on Go.