[SOLVED] Enable 2FA on apt-installed phpmyadmin

Issue

I'm trying to enable 2FA on a phpmyadmin version installed via APT. The documentation uses the composer command, but doing it in the /usr/share/phpmyadmin folder doesn't change anything.

When I go in the 2FA configuration, it always says Two-factor authentication is not available, please install optional dependencies to enable authentication backends.

I tried installing pragmarx/google2fa and bacon/bacon-qr-code both in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/vendor and in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/vendor but it still didn't work.

What I'm using:

• phpmyadmin 4.9.5deb2
• Ubuntu 20.04
• nginx 1.18.0
• PHP 7.4.3

Solution

This is not supported currently, but is still in progress on our tracker: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/16779

The alternative is to install phpMyAdmin from the version distributed on the phpMyAdmin website.

Answered By - William Desportes

Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (WPSolving Admin)