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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mcrypt" package

This is a short guide on how to install mcrypt on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mcrypt 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 mcrypt package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mcrypt
Version: 2.6.8-6
Installed-Size: 203
Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bzip2, libc6 (>= 2.33), libmcrypt4 (>= 2.5.8-1), libmhash2 (>= 0.8.16-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: Replacement for old unix crypt(1)
Description-md5: 3cca2251ad50c3dbe94701b6d6a36972
Homepage: http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::cryptography
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mcrypt/mcrypt_2.6.8-6_amd64.deb
Size: 64000
MD5sum: ffdbc63cf4cda0494635e9a0586d4ae5
SHA256: 6098dd3d54748bce6b6ccae2e16f5e893e138ee92c9272438446dd7234e281c3