How to Install and Uninstall mcrypt Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "mcrypt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mcrypt on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mcrypt on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: mcrypt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.8-6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 202
Depends: bzip2, libc6 (>= 2.34), libmcrypt4 (>= 2.5.8-1), libmhash2 (>= 0.8.16-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mcrypt/mcrypt_2.6.8-6_amd64.deb
Size: 62426
MD5sum: 05a94dc1f76f4c6ab11aacf7ed690c53
SHA1: 1f318f401f8426e712e1c4c463335bf788027588
SHA256: 1a4a753550d0832a9230cebc78d52b95f564ca91c1a03f2206caf78fa07ac1d5
SHA512: 5f81e52e310e404e166e1bf1f20636646575b6cd266e04fd66265a0077c244d432a0e063aec733ec15ff0004f405b4618c8833102c61e566e2ad2ab0b2928ab6
Homepage: http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Description: Replacement for old unix crypt(1)
Description-md5: 3cca2251ad50c3dbe94701b6d6a36972