How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-mcrypt Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "php5.6-mcrypt" package

This is a short guide on how to install php5.6-mcrypt on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php5.6-mcrypt

2. Uninstall "php5.6-mcrypt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall php5.6-mcrypt on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove php5.6-mcrypt $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php5.6-mcrypt package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: php5.6-mcrypt
Source: php5.6
Version: 5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian10~1.gbp1f7ffd
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 84
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian10~1.gbp1f7ffd), libc6 (>= 2.14), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), libmcrypt4
Provides: php-mcrypt
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-mcrypt_5.6.40-60+0~20220627.67+debian10~1.gbp1f7ffd_amd64.deb
Size: 15620
SHA256: 489647169e64910cdb102f76c9ed6acc556c81208dac75c582fd5afeebe51455
SHA1: 62eadb745c6ca9902b08e34f5401554327ceb05e
MD5sum: 534f97f47ffa058736e061cb1dba3496
Description: libmcrypt module for PHP
This package provides the libmcrypt module(s) for PHP.
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PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used
open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited
for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Description-md5: 96673b2530a6fc30699e194fda12f804