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I am running Ubuntu 13.10 desktop and installed a lamp stack (Apache 2.4.6, and PHP Version 5.5.3-1ubuntu2), and I set up virtual hosts. I also apt-get'ed php5-curl, and php5-mcrypt (no errors when installing)

I am trying to set up a Magento (1.8.0.0) development environment and the error I am getting is:

PHP extension "mcrypt" must be loaded.

How do I "load" mcrypt?

karel
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There seems to be an issue with the mcrypt package in that it isn't included in the available mods after being installed.

To fix, simply:

sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini
sudo php5enmod mcrypt
sudo restart apache2

If the last command doesn't work, do sudo service apache2 restart instead.

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Oli
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    This answer helped lead me in the right direction. I simply had to do: `sudo php5enmod mcrypt` `sudo service apache2 reload` `sudo service apache2 restart` – Mike McCoy Jun 02 '14 at 15:16
  • I have my mcrypt.ini file under /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini when i try to do sudo ln -s it fails and say that file exist ... i dont see my mcrypt file on /etc/php5/conf.d/ or /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ – Guillermo Nahuel Varelli May 14 '15 at 12:41
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    @GuillermoNahuelVarelli In Ubuntu 14.04 there is no need to create the link. Instead just do `sudo php5enmod mcrypt` and `sudo service apache2 restart`. – user272735 May 14 '15 at 17:28
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The solutions is install php5-mcrypt module in and enable it. Use the below command sequence.

sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
sudo php5enmod php5-mcrypt
sudo service apache2 restart

Follow the below url to install magento2 (M2) on ubuntu server.

http://gotechnies.com/install-magento2-ubuntu-server/

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