Package: phpmyadmin Version: 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2 I've had to log this as a fresh bug as I can't seem to re-open bug 619362... I just get back "smtp; 550 Unknown or archived bug"
So the last time I logged this it was Debian 6 and people thought it was dbconfig-common for some reason (I'm not convinced). Now it's Debian 8... Give it a test like thusly on a fresh box/VM... # Setup... echo mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server/root_password password sqlpass | sed 'P;s/ /_again /2' | debconf-set-selections apt-get -y install mysql-server-5.5 mysql -psqlpass mysql -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET user='sqluser' WHERE user='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES" echo phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/reconfigure-webserver multiselect apache2 | debconf-set-selections echo phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/dbconfig-install boolean true | debconf-set-selections echo phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/mysql/admin-pass password sqluser | debconf-set-selections echo phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/mysql/admin-user string sqlpass | debconf-set-selections echo phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/mysql/app-pass password apppass | sed 'P;s/\/mysql//;s/ /word-confirm /2' | debconf-set-selections # Main event (get popcorn)... apt-get -y install phpmyadmin -- Steven Maddox Lantizia