How does "System -> Software Packages" work?

[juan_g]

I'm trying to reinstall phpMyAdmin for ISPConfig 3.0.2.2, since it does not appear in "Tools". I've had no success using "System -> Software Packages", trying to download a phpMyAdmin package (*.deb) listed in http://packages.ubuntu.com . I get an error ("Ajax Request was not successful") for Packages when I enable http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu in Repositories.

Please, how does "System -> Software Packages" work? Thank you very much.

[juan_g]

I've been unable to find this in the ISPConfig documentation. Of course, before asking here, I've looked for it in places like the following:

• ISPConfig Documentation
• ISPConfig 3 Community User Manual
• ISPConfig Wiki
• ISPConfig Bugtracker
• ISPConfig 3 Documentation

Also, I've searched this forum. The only related answers I've found are in the first link, specifically: Additional Software, and Update Manager. But this seems to be for ISPConfig 1. The version 3 I've installed is different, and those instructions don't seem to work for it.

Any help, or link to suitable documentation, would be very appreciated. Thank you.

[juan_g]

I'm very new to ISPConfig, and not sure if .deb packages (Debian, Ubuntu...) would be managed by ISPConfig, or only .pkg are accepted. Does anyone know about this?

I was trying to use a .deb package from Ubuntu to install phpMyAdmin, because I cannot find any .pkg sofware package for ISPConfig 3, but there are a number of them for the version 2.

I'm now thinking probably there are only .pkg packages for ISPConfig 2, and ISPConfig 3 is a new version not ready yet to install packages. Is that correct?

If this is so, then probably ISPConfig 3 is not ready yet for several other things. I'm now considering to downgrade to ISPConfig 2 for now, if anyone can confirm that ISPConfig 3 is in this early stage. Thank you.

[lucani]

ISPConfig 3 is NOT in this early stage. Its just not so often updating.
I think that this section (Software Packages) is still under construction.
You can install phpMyAdmin by apt-get install phpmyadmin.

[juan_g]

Yes, I had installed phpMyAdmin already in this way (apt-get install phpmyadmin) before installing ISPConfig 3, which has recognized and integrated other well-known server software automatically, but not phpMyAdmin, at least in my case. Because of this, I was trying to reinstall it from within ISPConfig.

[juan_g]

I've just created a symlink /var/www/[new alias] pointing to the directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin (I prefer SFTP -WinSCP- rather than command line -PuTTY- to make symlinks). Now phpMyAdmin can be accessed with a browser from http://[IP number]/[new alias].

Since I would also like some integration of phpMyAdmin in ISPConfig, I've added this http://... address to System -> Interface Config -> Sites -> PHPMyAdmin URL. The Tools tab doesn't show phpMyAdmin yet, however when I add a database in Sites -> Database one of the icons that appear is linking correctly to phpMyAdmin.

So I guess this is it.

[falko]

Originally Posted by juan_g

Any help, or link to suitable documentation, would be very appreciated. Thank you.

I'm just about to finish the ISPConfig 3 manual. It will be available in a few weeks.

[Horfic]

I'm pleased to anounce that one of the first software packages for ISPConfig 3 will be a webmailer package including Roundcube and my Mailuser interface. Installed in just an instant^^

What I know the Software package part should be able to install it with the release of the ISPConfig 3.0.3, but no garantie on that and I only know that installing is yet in it, no remove or update.

[juan_g]

Falko, thanks for the next ISPConfig 3 manual. Until then, I think I'm going to see if the administrator manual included in the ISPConfig 2 documentation can be partially used for ISPConfig 3. The ISPConfig3 Community User Manual is good but just for basic use, so a complete ISPConfig 3 manual is really needed.

Horfic, thanks as well for your note on the new webmailer package and the next ISPConfig 3.0.3 with package support.

[falko]

Originally Posted by juan_g

Until then, I think I'm going to see if the administrator manual included in the ISPConfig 2 documentation can be partially used for ISPConfig 3.

No, this doesn't work, as ISPConfig 3 is totally different from ISPConfig 2.