Installing MCrypt

[basslion]

I am running PHP version 5.3.3 on CentOS 64bit running Plesk 10.3.1. I am trying to install Mcrypt but i am having troubles doing so. I tried to do the following and this is what i got.

[root(at)u15812553 etc]# yum install php-mcrypt.x86_64
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Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-mcrypt.x86_64 0:5.1.6-15.el5.centos.1 s                                                                        et to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: php-api = 20041225 for packag                                                                        e: php-mcrypt
--> Processing Dependency: php >= 5.1.6 for package: php                                                                        -mcrypt
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.1.6-27.el5_5.3 set to be upd                                                                        ated
--> Processing Dependency: php-cli = 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3 fo                                                                        r package: php
---> Package php-common.x86_64 0:5.1.6-27.el5_5.3 set to                                                                         be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-cli.x86_64 0:5.1.6-27.el5_5.3 set to be                                                                         updated
--> Processing Conflict: php53-common conflicts php-comm                                                                        on
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
php53-common-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64 from installed has d                                                                        epsolving problems
  --> php53-common conflicts with php-common
Error: php53-common conflicts with php-common
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the pr                                                                        oblem
 You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
                        package-cleanup --dupes
                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils pa                                                                        ckage.

Can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong?

[atreyu]

I assume by your package versions that you're running CentOS 5.7 - can you confirm?

Taking a quick look at the 5.7 repo, it appears that there are two versions of PHP packages, those based upon 5.1.6 and those based upon 5.3.3. All the packages based upon the latter start with php53-, and those based upon the former start with php-. I don't know this for sure, but perhaps the two cannot coexist? Can you remove the 5.1.6-based PHP packages? You can always reinstall them if you need them.

To get a list of 5.1.6 packages, you can do:

rpm -qa|grep ^php-

To test removing them:

rpm -e --test `rpm -qa|grep  ^php-`

To remove them, obviously take out the --test flag. You might need to add the --nodeps flag, too. You could always use the --justdb flag too, which would only remove them from the RPM database, and would leave the actual files in place, but that might spell trouble with php53, don't know...

[basslion]

I am runing CentOS 5 with Parallels Plesk Panel 10.3.1 (64-bit). When i run the rpm -qa|grep ^php- command, it takes 1 second and then returns me to the same command prompt

[root(at)u15812553 etc]#

[atreyu]

Do this to show your exact CentOS version:

cat /etc/redhat-release

I don't see the package php-mcrypt in the official CentOS repos - ah, i see it in "Extras" - is that where you are getting it? There is a 5.1.6 version in there (php-mcrypt-5.1.6-15.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm), but not a 5.3.3 version, which is the version of php that you have installed.

The php-mcrypt package is built from the php-extras SRPM, but again, I don't see such a source RPM for php 5.3.3.

[basslion]

Ok i am currently re-imaging my server which should be done shortly. Thought i would start from scratch again. So the mcrypt version must be the exact version as the php version installed ie: in my case the mcrypt should be version 5.3.3?

[atreyu]

Yes, but if you are starting from scratch, and you don't *need* to use version 5.3.3 of PHP, then I would stick with the default version, 5.1.6, since that is the only version that includes the php-mcrypt package (in the Extras repo) that you appear to need.

EDIT: so as for yum commands, something like this oughta (not tested!) work:

yum --enablerepo=centos-extras install php-*

[basslion]

I see what you are saying but i need at least 5.2 or higher for my store magento software to run

[atreyu]

You can use the packages from the EPEL repo. It is trustworthy (run by the RH/Fedora folks). See the package list here (php53-mcrypt is in there):

Index of /pub/epel/5Server/i386

See how to enable the repo here

EDIT: fixed URL typo

[basslion]

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The requested URL /pub/epel5/5Server/i386/ was not found on this server. on that link