Unable to install php5-mcrypt on Ubuntu 14.04

Question

I can't install php5-mcrypt on ubuntu 14.04. I'm doing this:

$ sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

And getting this:

Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done   
E: Unable to locate package php5-mcrypt

Solution

php5-mcrypt is located in the universe repository.

Open Dash, go to Software and Updates and be sure to check the universe repository (Free and opensource software maintained by community).

OR

Run the below command on terminal to enable universe repository,

sudo add-apt-repository universe

Then:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

Should work.

Comments

[Eliah Kagan]

And if this is an Ubuntu Server system (or otherwise) with no GUI, How do I enable the “Universe” repository from the command line? should help.

[user3740266]

It worked (I mean the original post), thank you very much!