How to Install and Uninstall php8.0-mcrypt Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 02,2024

1. Install "php8.0-mcrypt" package

This tutorial shows how to install php8.0-mcrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php8.0-mcrypt" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall php8.0-mcrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the php8.0-mcrypt package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: php8.0-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: php8.0-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/php8.0-mcrypt_1.0.4-5+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 15660
MD5sum: 1a12b9a592bc44fb5383f0057104bfcf
SHA1: 9e1dcb234f5fe48d4461931a1ba16537eecde5c2
SHA256: 578b38d015710b6842dd804aad4324db4711e1027c3bcadf42fdbb7bf4310fa1
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