Nej det behøves ikke, men er det nemmeste da det ikke kræver så megen redigereing i config files:
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Quick Install:
1. Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the
subdirectories): tar -xzvf phpMyAdmin_x.x.x.tar.gz in your
webserver's document root. If you don't have direct access to your
document root, put the files in a directory on your local machine,
and, after step 3, transfer the directory on your web server
using, for example, ftp.
2. Open the file config.inc.php in your favorite editor and change
the values for host, user, password and authentication mode to fit
your environment. Here, "host" means the MySQL server. Also insert
the correct value for $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']. Have a look at
Configuration section for an explanation of all values.
3. It is recommended that you protect the directory in which you
installed phpMyAdmin (unless it's on a closed intranet, or you
wish to use HTTP or cookie authentication), for example with
HTTP-AUTH (in a .htaccess file). See the multi-user sub-section of
the FAQ for additional information, especially FAQ 4.4.
4. Open the file <
www.your-host.com>/<your-install-dir>/index.php in
your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and
your databases, or a login dialog if using HTTP or cookie
authentication mode.
5. For a whole set of new features (bookmarks, comments, SQL-history,
PDF-generation, field contents transformation, etc.) you need to
create a set of tables in your database. Please look at your
scripts/ directory, where you should find a file called
create_tables.sql. (If you are using a Windows server, pay special
attention to FAQ 1.23). You can already use your phpMyAdmin to
create the tables for you. Please be aware that you may have to
have special (administrator) privileges to create the database and
tables. After having imported the create_tables.sql file, you
should specify the table names in your config.inc.php file. The
directives used for that can be found in the Configuration
section.