I encountered the same issue. It appears the problem is that the overall Xenial upgrade process attempts to upgrade MySQL and PHPMyAdmin simultaneously. Since MySQL is down while being upgraded, it is not available to process PHPMyAdmin's upgrade script.
I had to reinstall PHPMyAdmin at the end of the upgrade process since I could not find a way to reprocess this database upgrade manually... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554585 Title: phpmyadmin configuration script fails to install db To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpmyadmin/+bug/1554585/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
