How to Install and Uninstall php5.6-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "php5.6-mcrypt" package

Please follow the steps below to install php5.6-mcrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php5.6-mcrypt" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall php5.6-mcrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 php5.6-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php5.6-mcrypt
Source: php5.6
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Provides: php-mcrypt
Depends: php-common (>= 1:81~), ucf, php5.6-common (= 5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4
Filename: pool/main/p/php5.6/php5.6-mcrypt_5.6.40-50+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 15370
MD5sum: e7092e720485794a5b13b0d7169a1064
SHA1: bda82dece851bd1fd14ecc7127906aae460df938
SHA256: 6112af949aa6d6ea2b8b65cde2eac99a6e76c65216e15e727195c8ec01136322
Description-en: libmcrypt module for PHP
This package provides the libmcrypt module(s) for PHP.
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PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used
open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited
for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Description-md5: 96673b2530a6fc30699e194fda12f804