use for configuration http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ # apt-get install apache2 phpmyadmin libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql enable InnoDB. # vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf #skip-innodb innodb_data_home_dir=/var/lib/mysql innodb_data_file_path=ibdata1:10M:autoextend # /etc/init.d/mysql restart create a new user "flyhigh" with password "flyhigh" from localhost with these rights: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, FILE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES create initial database (not for Debian users!) $ mysql -u root -p < flyhigh.sql Enter password: OTHERS backup the database $ mysqldump flyhigh -h localhost -u root -p > flyhigh.backup restore the database $ mysql -u root -p < flyhigh.backup Enter password: remove the database $ mysqladmin -u root -p drop flyhigh Enter password: