How to Install and Uninstall php8.0-mcrypt Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "php8.0-mcrypt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install php8.0-mcrypt on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php8.0-mcrypt

2. Uninstall "php8.0-mcrypt" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall php8.0-mcrypt on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove php8.0-mcrypt $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php8.0-mcrypt package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: php8.0-mcrypt
Source: php-mcrypt
Version: 3:1.0.5-1+0~20220706.8+debian10~1.gbpba43ab
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Installed-Size: 71
Pre-Depends: php-common (>= 2:69~)
Depends: php8.0-common, phpapi-20200930, libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4
Breaks: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.5-1+0~20220706.8+debian10~1.gbpba43ab~)
Replaces: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.5-1+0~20220706.8+debian10~1.gbpba43ab~)
Provides: php-mcrypt
Homepage: https://pecl.php.net/package/mcrypt
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php-mcrypt/php8.0-mcrypt_1.0.5-1+0~20220706.8+debian10~1.gbpba43ab_amd64.deb
Size: 16264
SHA256: b4bae133abf9a2d6ee318644a37c39a7bd7160033aa286eccb630e0a3486b98f
SHA1: 97471a9bb524ecf23cb68412f9681155c37ee525
MD5sum: 05d0d0bd640e2076e537b643d15ecbc9
Description: PHP bindings for the libmcrypt library
These functions provides bindings for the unmaintained libmcrypt library.
.
The extension is unbundled from php-src as of PHP 7.2.0, because the underlying
libmcrypt has obviously been abandoned. It is recommended to reevaluate using
this extension.
Description-md5: 5679755b3c3595da944057f70e0f8150