How to Install and Uninstall libmcrypt4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libmcrypt4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libmcrypt4" package

This guide let you learn how to install libmcrypt4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libmcrypt4" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libmcrypt4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmcrypt4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libmcrypt4
Source: libmcrypt
Version: 2.5.8-7
Installed-Size: 208
Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: libmcrypt-dev, mcrypt
Description: De-/Encryption Library
Description-md5: 6d3f2cee399b5a6ab367c5ad4acf32af
Homepage: http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libm/libmcrypt/libmcrypt4_2.5.8-7_amd64.deb
Size: 72612
MD5sum: 32f3966d8843c8c71a2598aced8579db
SHA256: 94478b860bfbe4d9e438a779c1dab1ce12858545262ac2fa1621ea408117a557