How to Install and Uninstall mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "mcrypt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mcrypt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.8-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 198
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4 (>= 2.5.8-1), libmhash2 (>= 0.8.16-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), bzip2
Filename: pool/universe/m/mcrypt/mcrypt_2.6.8-4_amd64.deb
Size: 57888
MD5sum: 95bba53d5006745aeca0dce26d9b95fa
SHA1: 28257971bed0724a6fcc0af383b3672a17f7290c
SHA256: b59d1ebb66d2a41e6880ef7de4297b9642ed61a6217c0df3f6d9a0e6003e9308
SHA512: f307ec4aac821a3c3a954cc01a80f292ab60f7ac52ec6140d7734be8089f61ab642aea312474c065126d06a8fa1715a3906aa50f99349adfff5ad7f0e14355fe
Homepage: http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: 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: 3cca2251ad50c3dbe94701b6d6a36972