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We're running CentOS release 6.5 and PHP 5.4.24, and I'm trying to get mcrypt-php installed.

When I follow the instructions at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17109818/install-php-mcrypt-on-centos6, however, the process errors out.

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
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-common.x86_64 0:5.3.3-27.el6_5 will be installed
--> Processing Conflict: php54w-common-5.4.24-1.w6.x86_64 conflicts php-common < 5.4.0
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: php54w-common conflicts with php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

I get the feeling I need to upgrade/uninstall/reinstall PHP, but I've only found instructions on how to do this for php53 and I don't want to risk taking the server offline.

Any thoughts?

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Anthony
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It looks like you're using a 3rd-party repo to provide PHP 5.4, and the package php54w-common from that repo is conflicting with php-mcrypt (which is presumably coming from epel), which is expecting the default CentOS 6 version of php-common.

Your 3rd-party PHP provider might provide their own version of mcrypt (try yum info php54w-mcrypt and see if that gives you anything). Otherwise, you're out of luck and you'll need to:

  1. Find another package of PHP mcrypt compatible with php54w-common
  2. Revert to the CentOS-supported PHP 5.3 instead of using PHP 5.4
  3. Build your own PHP 5.4 mcrypt package against the ones from your 3rd-party provider

Good luck!

Paul Gear
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