Ubuntu Apache mod_fcgid phpMyAdmin from repositories

I run all my Apache+PHP servers using mod_fcgid, and not mod_php5. When you install phpMyAdmin from the repositories in Ubuntu, it assumes mod_php5, and it won't work.

Ok, I got it to work. I hope it helps someone by putting it here.I had to change the /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/fcgid.conf to tell it to use php5-cgi:

root@srvr-test:/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# cat fcgid.conf

AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi .php

FcgidConnectTimeout 20

# Where to look for the php.ini file?

# Maximum requests a process handles before it is terminated

MaxRequestsPerProcess 1000

# Maximum number of PHP processes

MaxProcessCount 10

# Number of seconds of idle time before a process is terminated

IPCCommTimeout 240

IdleTimeout 240

#Or use this if you use the file above

FCGIWrapper /usr/bin/php5-cgi .php

ServerLimit 500

StartServers 3

MinSpareThreads 3

MaxSpareThreads 10

ThreadsPerChild 10

MaxClients 300

MaxRequestsPerChild 1000

PHP_Fix_Pathinfo_Enable 1

Then I had to edit /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf to add +ExecCGI in the section:

root@srvr-sandbox1:/etc/phpmyadmin# cat apache.conf

# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

Options FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI

DirectoryIndex index.php

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