phpMyAdmin allows you to manage MySQL Servers easily from any popular web browser. Instead of connecting to MySQL server from the command line or console every time you wish to make a change, use your web browser and connect to it, then make the change there. It will allow you edit, drop, modify database tables and data within your browser.
Most online hosts will make this available to you when managing websites or blogs online. It’s a very efficient and reliable tool to manage your WordPress blog database.
To get started, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to install it.
sudo apt-get install phpMyAdmin
Then choose the web server you want to associate with this tool. It will mostly be apache2
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