How to Install and Uninstall php7.4-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "php7.4-mcrypt" package

Please follow the steps below to install php7.4-mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php7.4-mcrypt" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall php7.4-mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 php7.4-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: php7.4-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: php7.4-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/php7.4-mcrypt_1.0.4-7+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+3_amd64.deb
Size: 17714
MD5sum: c0e73048da8fde9445c6e62a950a38cf
SHA1: 66ff59db4473d8970be13a1c1147bb24c06bec46
SHA256: 4a5e1b25791e503d695f10673977f1c12b5786d18223650b8428ff2fa84a4487
Description-en: PHP bindings for the libmcrypt library
These functions provides bindings for the unmaintained libmcrypt library.
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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