MySQL issue: Table 'data_dictionary.CHARACTER_SETS' doesn't exist

Question

Recently I have updated from MySQL 5.1 to 5.5 and after few weeks the following error message was displayed each time I access the phpMyAdmin application:

Answer 1

I was facing the same problem. It can be resolved by reconfiguring phpMyAdmin.

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin

Close phpMyAdmin page and