How to Install and Uninstall php7.3-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 08,2024

1. Install "php7.3-mcrypt" package

This tutorial shows how to install php7.3-mcrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php7.3-mcrypt" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall php7.3-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 php7.3-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php7.3-mcrypt
Source: php-mcrypt
Priority: optional
Section: php
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Debian PHP PECL Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:1.0.4-5+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Replaces: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.4-5+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1~)
Provides: php-mcrypt
Depends: php7.3-common, libc6 (>= 2.14), libmcrypt4
Pre-Depends: php-common (>= 2:69~)
Breaks: php-mcrypt (<< 3:1.0.4-5+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1~)
Filename: pool/main/p/php-mcrypt/php7.3-mcrypt_1.0.4-5+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 15708
MD5sum: 93a9dbc27898ea891a97604da7d9edaa
SHA1: 0e84aee157953d7ef8689d2e6d10c918ce83cba4
SHA256: 1fdc99aab561879ec1e0ff7033cde0b0b39abfbac8a8918be0e89bc6fc75a826
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