phpmyadmin can't be configured with lighttpd

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1. apt install lighttpd
2. apt install mysql-server

(these two must be done by hand before phpmyadmin because of #1649265)

3. apt install phpmyadmin

You get this:

Setting up phpmyadmin (4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2) ...
Determining localhost credentials from /etc/mysql/debian.cnf: succeeded.
dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/phpmyadmin.conf

Creating config file /etc/dbconfig-common/phpmyadmin.conf with new version

Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php with new version
granting access to database phpmyadmin for phpmyadmin@localhost: success.
verifying access for phpmyadmin@localhost: success.
creating database phpmyadmin: success.
verifying database phpmyadmin exists: success.
populating database via sql... done.
dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
Enabling phpmyadmin: ok
Enabling auth: ok
Enabling fastcgi: ok
Met dependency: fastcgi
Enabling fastcgi-php: ok
already enabled
Run /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload to enable changes
dpkg: error processing package phpmyadmin (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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