How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "php5.6-mcrypt" package

This tutorial shows how to install php5.6-mcrypt on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall php5.6-mcrypt on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: php5.6-mcrypt
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-68+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-mcrypt
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-68+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-mcrypt_5.6.40-68+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 15824
MD5sum: cb48eb773422becbc8b921d99d1bf5df
SHA1: 1bf631ad9614974b109f45fd9b53833fff7fa53f
SHA256: a6e54db8f35dbe515b93c99c3111a9d0a898fd8657463bc7f9be8f528b7fbd47
Description: libmcrypt module for PHP
Description-md5: 96673b2530a6fc30699e194fda12f804