Installing PHP5 on Readynas Duo v2 (should work on all ARM)

Now we're going to install MySQL and phpMyAdmin

2. Installing and configuring MySQL

This is a pretty straight forward process. Start by installing the package with apt-get:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Then proceed into the MySQL console by typing:

sudo mysql

Now create a user (or as many as you need) with this command:

CREATE USER '<username>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<42-digit password>';

When you've created all the users you need, proceed with the following:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Write down your freshly created password and store it in a secure location.
For example in a file in /root. A note in your drawer isn't a very good option.

You don't have to create a database at this point since this will be very easily done from phpMyAdmin.

2. Installing and configuring phpMyAdmin

Go to your www-root and download the latest phpMyAdmin version with wget using the URL found here:

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php

In this example we will be using tar.gz.
Extract the file using the following command:

sudo tar xvzf <filename>

Now change the name of phpMyAdmin into something a little easier to write, for example phpadm by typing the following:

sudo mv <dirname> phpadm

Now you should be able to access phpMyAdmin from your external url followed by /phpadm.
Use the username and password created in MySQL to log in.