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# Optional software

## phpMyAdmin

**phpMyAdmin** is not required to use NiDB, but is extremely useful to maintain the SQL database that NiDB uses.

1. Download latest version of phpMyAdmin from <http://phpmyadmin.net/>
2. Unzip the contents of .zip file into `/var/www/html/phpMyAdmin`
3. Visit <http://localhost/phpMyAdmin>