How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "php5.6-mcrypt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install php5.6-mcrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6-mcrypt" package

Learn how to uninstall php5.6-mcrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 php5.6-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: php5.6-mcrypt
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 80
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-61+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-mcrypt
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-61+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-mcrypt_5.6.40-61+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 15820
MD5sum: 6dbf4066598216b8dfdb1eaae7b2360a
SHA1: 87fb2f8c9b6184df307346ba17d426d99fa769b8
SHA256: dec0dc93508d6c15e6a6b5e7b949065cdeaef5a3ab74c2cefdd8e1037e461619
Description: libmcrypt module for PHP
Description-md5: 96673b2530a6fc30699e194fda12f804