I can confirm this bug. I have the same issue with percona-xtradb- cluster-server.
root@server ~ # apt-get install phpmyadmin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: iproute percona-xtrabackup socat Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: mysql-client mysql-client-5.5 mysql-client-core-5.5 percona-xtradb-cluster-common-5.5 The following packages will be REMOVED: percona-xtradb-cluster-client-5.5 percona-xtradb-cluster-server-5.5 The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-client mysql-client-5.5 mysql-client-core-5.5 phpmyadmin The following packages will be upgraded: percona-xtradb-cluster-common-5.5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1312268 Title: phpmyadmin recommends mysql and doesn't say that mariadb works too. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpmyadmin/+bug/1312268/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs