Php – install php-mcrypt Centos 6

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I'm trying for a few days now to install php-mcrypt on Centos 6 64bit, but I get this error

[root@cimpan tmp]# yum install php-mcrypt
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mi.mirror.garr.it
 * epel: mirror.switch.ch
 * extras: mi.mirror.garr.it
 * rpmforge: mirror.crazynetwork.it
 * updates: mi.mirror.garr.it
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-mcrypt.x86_64 0:5.3.3-3.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: php(zend-abi) = 20090626 for package: php-mcrypt-5.3.3-    3.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: php(api) = 20090626 for package: php-mcrypt-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: php-mcrypt-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64 (epel)
           Requires: php(zend-abi) = 20090626
           Installed: php-common-5.4.28-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (@remi)
               php(zend-abi) = 20100525-x86-64
           Available: php-common-5.3.3-26.el6.x86_64 (base)
               php(zend-abi) = 20090626
           Available: php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64 (updates)
               php(zend-abi) = 20090626
Error: Package: php-mcrypt-5.3.3-3.el6.x86_64 (epel)
           Requires: php(api) = 20090626
           Installed: php-common-5.4.28-1.el6.remi.x86_64 (@remi)
               php(api) = 20100412-x86-64
           Available: php-common-5.3.3-26.el6.x86_64 (base)
               php(api) = 20090626
           Available: php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64 (updates)
               php(api) = 20090626
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
[root@cimpan tmp]# rpm -qa | grep epel
epel-release-6-8.noarch

Epel release version seems to be ok too. Tried yum clean all but no luck either.
It may be broken because I've updated PHP to 5.4.28?

(P.S.: pretty new to server management)

Best Answer

Yes, it's unable to install that because it depends on PHP versions from the stock repos, while you've installed PHP from a third-party repo.

Since you've stepped away from using the supported versions of the PHP packages, you're dependent on either the third-party repo you're using for PHP to provide the package (which they apparently do not), or to install it by hand.

The operating system's package repositories for PHP libraries simply won't do you any good when you've ditched the version of PHP they actually support; this should be part of what you consider in deciding what version of PHP to use.

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