Install php-mcrypt on CentOS 6

Question

I have been trying to install php-mcrypt for a while now. Everytime I get the \"No package php-mcrypt available.\" returned to me. Here\'s what I\'ve tried:

Answer 1

For me I had to add the EPEL repository. It is where my php-mcrypt came from:

[root@system ~]$ repoquery -i php-mcrypt

Name        : php-mcrypt
Version     : 5.3.3
Release     : 1.el6
Architecture: i686
Size        : 39225
Packager    : Fedora Project
Group       : Development/Languages
URL         : http://www.php.net/
Repository  : epel <----------
Summary     : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support
Source      : php-extras-5.3.3-1.el6.src.rpm
Description :
Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support

You can enable the EPEL repo with the instructions here:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL