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

I was able to figure this out; it was a lot simpler then I thought. Under the WHM manager go to: Home >> Software >> EasyApache (Apache Update) >> There you have two options "Build Profile" or "Customize Based On Profile". I went Customize to keep my current config then followed the instructions on the page.

Eventually there was a place to add and remove php modules. There you will find ever module under the sun. Just select the one you want and rebuild the profile. It was really that simple.

Answer 2

The best way is to:

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/php-mcrypt-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
yum localinstall php-mcrypt-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/libmcrypt-2.5.8-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
yum localinstall libmcrypt-2.5.8-9.el6.x86_64.rpm

or go to: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/ to match your version check from your info.php that is ok -- done!

Answer 3

For me, this worked :
yum install php-mcrypt*
and then, restart httpd service
service httpd restart

I tryed @VenomFangs solution but the first step was not needed for me. I already had a newer EPEL version installed. So, the first step following was not usefull, I backed to the snapshot I did before doing modifications and I just used the install and restart above commands.

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh remi-release-6*.rpm epel-release-6*.rpm

CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)

PS : I know this is not the subject, but if somebody needs it, the keyword can help. I needed to do this because of this error on prestashop. Two keywords I would be glad to use to find this informations are : "php_mycrypt.dll" "php_mcrypt.dll"
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mcrypt_encrypt() in /classes/Rijndael.php on line 46

EDIT 10/06/2016 :
Another Prestashop solution to try in "Advanced Parameters", "Performance", "Ciphering" (FR : Chiffrement), "Use the custom BlowFish class." instead of "Use Rijndael with mcrypt lib. (you must install the Mcrypt extension)."

Answer 4

I had the same issue, and found the previous suggestions gave me enough info to get it working on my server. The following is what I did:

1) Install EPEL repository (From: http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/installing-rhel-epel-repo-on-centos-5x-or-6x):

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh remi-release-6*.rpm epel-release-6*.rpm

2) Install it via:

yum update
yum install php-mcrypt*

The yum update updated the repository reference on my server then the 2nd command got what I needed :)

3) Restart your webserver. For my apache install I did:

service httpd restart

Answer 5

There are two ways you can address this:

• Download php-mcrypt from fedora: http://injustfiveminutes.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/install-php-mcrypt-extension-on-rhel-6/
• Check if you're facing a known bug with a wrongly packaged php-mcrypt extension: http://www.sterndata.com/blog/phymyadmin-mcrypt-and-centos-6-mcrypt-extension-missing-solved

Answer 6

For php 7 to install mcrypt run:

Centos: sudo yum install php7.0-mcrypt to install

On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install php7.0-mcrypt