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I'm trying to install phpmyadmin on my webserver, using this guide:

http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server

I did that once, and it worked like a dream, but I hated the looks of phpmyadmin (maybe the oldest layout ever) and decided to delete it, and didn't know that deleting is done with apt-get remove phpmyadmin and did in phpmyadmin directory rm * and thought that it's done. However, as I can't find the debian build of phpmyadmin anywhere, I want to install it again, but when I add Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, and restart apache, it give's me this error:

apache2: Syntax error on line 73 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Could not open configuration file /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf: No such file or directory
Action 'configtest' failed.
The Apache error log may have more information.
 failed!

No matter how I try, I always get this error, and phpmyadmin isn't there.

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First of all, just be defining "include /etc/..." in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf does not make the file magically appear in said destination.

But now, let's fix things.

You can reinstall phpmyadmin by executing "aptitude reinstall phpmyadmin" in the shell.

Debian's version of phpmyadmin can be downloaded from here: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/phpmyadmin/download

You can search for Debian packages in here: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

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  • did that, restarting but it still gave me the same error.
    – user145429
    Nov 14, 2012 at 8:26
  • Please execute this in the shell and paste the resulting line: sed -n "73 p" /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
    – John Wilcox
    Nov 14, 2012 at 10:43
  • And also the result of this: ls /etc/phpmyadmin/
    – John Wilcox
    Nov 14, 2012 at 10:48
  • first one says that not found.
    – user145429
    Nov 14, 2012 at 11:38
  • and ls config-db.php
    – user145429
    Nov 14, 2012 at 11:40
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Removing configuration files is considered to be a configuration change, and Debian packages are required to preserve configuration changes. So reinstalling a removed package will not cause removed configuration files to be restored. You need to purge the package rather than just remove. This will tell the packaging system that you no longer want even the configuration files for the package. Once that is done you can install the package again and the configuration files will be reinstalled as well.

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  • so what do I enter to command line?
    – user145429
    Nov 14, 2012 at 8:30
  • apt-get purge phpmyadmin; apt-get install phpmyadmin
    – qqx
    Nov 14, 2012 at 8:39
  • nope, still produces the same error.
    – user145429
    Nov 14, 2012 at 8:47

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