[Bug 424980] [NEW] phpmyadmin installation unsuccessful

[matju]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: phpmyadmin

installer (debconf) does not ask for the hostname (is this only for
localhost ?).

upon installing, it is not clear that phpmyadmin is going to be working
only with localhost and that it's useless running it

installer does not ask for the username to use (is it always "root"? is
it always "mysql"?).

installer doesn't sound very clear on which question is for the password
for the mysql server, and which question is for the password of the
phpmyadmin account.

installer's real error message is not selectable because it appears as a
"tooltip" (aka balloon), whereas there is plenty of empty space in the
dialogue box, and what is written in the dialogue box doesn't really
help anyone fixing anything.

mysql server not currently running is considered an error (if package
mysql-server just got half-installed and is not configured yet, what can
we do about it? can phpmyadmin be configured at all, from a dpkg
standpoint?)

trying to quit the installer caused a crash of an unspecified nature,
which was detected by some programme which got me on this site. i don't
have a core dump nor a backtrace.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: phpmyadmin 4:3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: phpmyadmin
Title: package phpmyadmin 4:3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-6-386 i686

** Affects: phpmyadmin (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package i386

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