How to Install and Uninstall php8.0-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "php8.0-mcrypt" package

This tutorial shows how to install php8.0-mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install php8.0-mcrypt

2. Uninstall "php8.0-mcrypt" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall php8.0-mcrypt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove php8.0-mcrypt $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the php8.0-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: php8.0-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: php8.0-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/php8.0-mcrypt_1.0.4-7+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+3_amd64.deb
Size: 17724
MD5sum: 1d3d1cc274932e40cd9f82cd8b6f09ac
SHA1: c7c8ebb3905e03323346f6721151bb727baaa34d
SHA256: fef0eeef3b53b4ecbd0e4926f907c8b3e9665f241909be6473b2e026a6d36bb6
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