How to Install and Uninstall php7.2-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 08,2024

1. Install "php7.2-mcrypt" package

Please follow the steps below to install php7.2-mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php7.2-mcrypt

2. Uninstall "php7.2-mcrypt" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall php7.2-mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove php7.2-mcrypt $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php7.2-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: php7.2-mcrypt
Source: php-mcrypt
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:1.0.4-7+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+3
Replaces: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.4-7+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+3~)
Provides: php-mcrypt
Depends: php7.2-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4
Pre-Depends: php-common (>= 2:69~)
Breaks: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.4-7+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+3~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php-mcrypt/php7.2-mcrypt_1.0.4-7+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+3_amd64.deb
Size: 17842
MD5sum: 1b7fce08919a080a9b12586b8dacacfc
SHA1: 01f59cc378d3a041c00abb9b59230072e9472992
SHA256: 78d4d40e75bf27a7677fde94b030c9b949e35cfddfa3f2855cafac0024ee9f8b
Description-en: PHP bindings for the libmcrypt library
These functions provides bindings for the unmaintained libmcrypt library.
.
The extension is unbundled from php-src as of PHP 7.2.0, because the underlying
libmcrypt has obviously been abandoned. It is recommended to reevaluate using
this extension.
Description-md5: 5679755b3c3595da944057f70e0f8150