How to Install and Uninstall mcrypt Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "mcrypt" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mcrypt on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall mcrypt on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mcrypt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mcrypt package on Kali Linux

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)
Size: 64000
SHA256: 6098dd3d54748bce6b6ccae2e16f5e893e138ee92c9272438446dd7234e281c3
SHA1: c314ea2bcba31c938e397dad118994505eb3a32e
MD5sum: ffdbc63cf4cda0494635e9a0586d4ae5
Description: Replacement for old unix crypt(1)
mcrypt is a crypting program, intended to be replacement for the old
unix crypt(1). But it can do a lot more, since with its libmcrypt
library it can encrypt and decrypt with the following algorithms:
BLOWFISH, TWOFISH, DES, TripleDES, 3-WAY, SAFER-sk64, SAFER-sk128,
SAFER+, OKI97, GOST, RC2, RC6, MARS, IDEA, RIJNDAEL-128,
RIJNDAEL-192, SERPENT, RIJNDAEL-256, CAST-128 (known as CAST5),
CAST-256, ARCFOUR, ENIGMA, PANAMA, XTEA and WAKE.
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Please note that this package is buggy and unmaintained by
the upstream authors. If you can, please look for other
implementations (openssl, gnutls, gnupg).
Description-md5:
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