How to install mcrypt for PHP 7.2

How to install mcrypt for PHP 7.2

With that said, how do we install mcrypt? First, open up a terminal window and install the necessary dependencies with the commands:

sudo apt-get -y install gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-configsudo apt-get -y install php7.2-devsudo apt-get -y install libmcrypt-dev

Once the dependencies have been installed, you can install mcrypt with the command:

sudo apt install php-pear
sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1