如何用scl-utils安装php55-php-mcrypt？

Question

It's a known fact that on Fedora/RHEL/CentOS 7.x based systems PHP 5.4.16 is the supported version. However, for my application I needed PHP 5.5 and I installed it from RHEL-recommended scl-utils repository as explained on https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Developer_Guide/scl-utils.html

The problem is that I have successfully installed all required packages except php55-php-mcrypt:

yum install php55-php-mcrypt
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No package php55-php-mcrypt available.
Error: Nothing to do

Could anyone recommend a way to get this package installed?

Answer 1

Explanation why "mcrypt" is a very bad idea, and is not part of standard repository : About libmcrypt and php-mcrypt

For people who want to use the official RHSCL packages on RHEL (which is also available in centos-scl repository), you can find additional packages in the community repositories:

• php55 => php55more
• rh-php56 => php56more

Else, yes my repository is an alternative, see the Configuration Wizard