Unable to locate package phpmyadmin on Ubuntu Server 18.04

Whenever I try to install phpmyadmin on my ubuntu server 18.04 I get the following errors

sudo apt install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package phpmyadmin E: Unable to locate package php-mbstring E: Unable to locate package php-gettext 

Most threads I ca find suggest reupdating and upgrading using apt, but doing so doesn't do anything, also I get that error on the fourth line

Err:5 bionic Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Hit:6 bionic-updates InRelease Hit:7 sarge Release Reading package lists... Done E: The repository ' bionic Release' does not have a Release file. 

Can someone help with this?

3 Answers

This worked for me:

sudo add-apt-repository universe 

Then:

sudo apt install phpmyadmin 

Your ppa doesn't serve phpmyadmin for bionic version. You should remove ppa first:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:nijel/phpmyadmin sudo apt update 

then run your command again

sudo apt install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext 

I have precisely the same issue. Tried sudo apt install phpmyadmin (with and without php-gettext and php-mbstring which I installed separately as I am using php7.1) but always get E: Unable to locate package phpmyadmin

and for the add-add-repository

E: The repository ' bionic Relea se' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disa bled by default.

Also tried downloading the package from a mirror but got nowhere with that either.

Is the ppa broken and is there another solution or workaround or something I can do to help resolve this issue?