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Upgrading to the Latest Version of phpMyAdmin

Summary

This page will show you how to back up any existing data, remove your old phpMyAdmin installation, and install the latest software in your UW Web space.

About Version 2.6.2

The current stable release of phpMyAdmin is version 2.6.2. See the 2.6.2 release notes and the changelog for complete change information.

How To Upgrade

Follow these instructions to upgrade the software in your account:

  1. Log in to your Homer or Dante account with Tera Term or another terminal emulator.

  2. Press the O key for Other, then press the W key to drop into the Web development environment, and change into your public_html directory:

    cd public_html

  3. Move your old phpMyAdmin installation to safe location:

    mv -v phpmyadmin ~/phpmyadmin-bak

  4. Follow the phpmyadmin installation instructions to install the latest software.

  5. If there are any files that you expressly made for your previous phpMyAdmin installation, you can now copy them to the new program directory.

  6. Finally, you can remove the old program files:

    cd ~
    rm -R phpmyadmin-bak

If you haven't already, you may also want to upgrade to the latest version of MySQL.