How to Install and Uninstall php7.4-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php7.4-mcrypt on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "php7.4-mcrypt" package

This is a short guide on how to install php7.4-mcrypt on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the php7.4-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: php7.4-mcrypt
Source: php-mcrypt
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:1.0.6-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+2
Replaces: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.6-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+2~)
Provides: php-mcrypt
Depends: php7.4-common, phpapi-20190902, libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4 (>= 2.5.8)
Pre-Depends: php-common (>= 2:69~)
Breaks: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.6-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+2~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php-mcrypt/php7.4-mcrypt_1.0.6-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+2_amd64.deb
Size: 17962
MD5sum: 90881ba32a615eb8488c884b53d0f590
SHA1: f230f3ad556535313f4b857e6d7508a6ed752c64
SHA256: d7ed4de60d09a53f996f70fd23d3530b346dbda6f2b0aef646b61e52e209e2fc
Description: PHP bindings for the libmcrypt library
Description-md5: 5679755b3c3595da944057f70e0f8150