.rar archive is not available in linux by default, but it can be installed by the command
[root@localhost ~]# yum install unrar
This allows you to extract rar files using the command
[tony@localhost ~]# unrar e myfile.rar
The e parameter tells the unrar to extract. More details can be found in man unrar
Now In Gnome, You could right click on the file and click Extract here.
I did this by yum, which i think is the easiest way.
[root@localhost ~]# yum install phpmyadmin
This will install it in /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Now, configure it by editing config.inc.php
[root@localhost html]# gedit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
add the blowfish secret,
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'a8b7dafdferHJHJ^&U^45776TIUuiYc6d';
and i also changed to mysqli in,
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
Now you could access the phpMyAdmin by,
http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/
This is possible because an alias is created for apache to the directory where phpMyAdmin in installed [ie /usr/share/phpmyadmin]. This is done in the file,
[tony@localhost ~]$ gedit /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
You will see a lines like,
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /mysqladmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
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You could also install phpMyAdmin manually by downloading phpMyAdmin.
Make sure you download the version 2.xx and not 3.xx[requires PHP 5.2] as Cent OS 5.3 has only PHP 5.1 by default
Extract the tar.gz file to your desktop.
Copy it to /var/www/html/phpmyadmin as root,
[root@localhost ~]# mv /home/tony/Desktop/phpMyAdmin-3.2.1-all-languages /var/www/html/phpmyadmin
Give the appropriate permission for apache,
Set owner as apache
[root@localhost html]# chown apache -R /var/www/html/phpmyadmin/
Set the group owner as your user, this is good as you can edit the files easily,
[root@localhost html]# chgrp tony -R /var/www/html/phpmyadmin/
Now give group user the write permission
[root@localhost html]# chmod g+w -R /var/www/html/phpmyadmin/
Now, add the blowfish secret and mysqli extension as above,
Thats all.
