Issue in installing php7.2-mcrypt

Question

As I'm trying to load mcrypt extension module from PHP 7.2.X version.
So I tried to make use of PECL library that is compatible to the current version of my PHP, in order to get installed and followed this link: Installing mcrypt on PHP 7.2 during installation!

These below are the result's obtained after executing certain commands on the terminal.

root@YYY:/var/www/html/orocrm# apt install php-pear
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libllvm4.0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  php-pear
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Need to get 285 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,107 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 php-pear all 1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 [285 kB]
Fetched 285 kB in 1s (230 kB/s)   
Selecting previously unselected package php-pear.
(Reading database ... 215503 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../php-pear_1%3a1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_all.deb ...
Unpacking php-pear (1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up php-pear (1:1.10.5+submodules+notgz-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1) ...

YYY@YYY:/var/www/html/orocrm$ sudo apt-get -y install gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-config
[sudo] password for YYY: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libc6-dev' instead of 'libc-dev'
gcc is already the newest version (4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1).
make is already the newest version (4.1-6).
pkg-config is already the newest version (0.29.1-0ubuntu1).
libc6-dev is already the newest version (2.23-0ubuntu9).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libllvm4.0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
Suggested packages:
  autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc libtool
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  autoconf automake autotools-dev libsigsegv2 m4
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,079 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,998 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libsigsegv2 amd64 2.10-4 [14.1 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 m4 amd64 1.4.17-5 [195 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 autoconf all 2.69-9 [321 kB]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 autotools-dev all 20150820.1 [39.8 kB]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 automake all 1:1.15-4ubuntu1 [510 kB]
Fetched 1,079 kB in 2s (447 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package libsigsegv2:amd64.
(Reading database ... 215198 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libsigsegv2_2.10-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libsigsegv2:amd64 (2.10-4) ...
Selecting previously unselected package m4.
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Unpacking m4 (1.4.17-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package autoconf.
Preparing to unpack .../autoconf_2.69-9_all.deb ...
Unpacking autoconf (2.69-9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package autotools-dev.
Preparing to unpack .../autotools-dev_20150820.1_all.deb ...
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Preparing to unpack .../automake_1%3a1.15-4ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking automake (1:1.15-4ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Setting up libsigsegv2:amd64 (2.10-4) ...
Setting up m4 (1.4.17-5) ...
Setting up autoconf (2.69-9) ...
Setting up autotools-dev (20150820.1) ...
Setting up automake (1:1.15-4ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/automake-1.15 to provide /usr/bin/automake (automake) in auto mode
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

YYY@YYY:/var/www/html/orocrm$ sudo apt-get -y install libmcrypt-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libllvm4.0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libmcrypt-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Need to get 83.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 438 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libmcrypt-dev amd64 2.5.8-3.3 [83.7 kB]
Fetched 83.7 kB in 0s (105 kB/s)       
Selecting previously unselected package libmcrypt-dev.
(Reading database ... 215484 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libmcrypt-dev_2.5.8-3.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libmcrypt-dev (2.5.8-3.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up libmcrypt-dev (2.5.8-3.3) ...

YYY@YYY:/var/www/html/orocrm$ sudo pecl7.2-sp install --nodeps mcrypt-snapshot
sudo: pecl7.2-sp: command not found

As I'm getting this type of Error as pecl7.2-sp: command not found

From the documentation section, it had been clearly stated that it had been deprecated and no longer will be available from the security point of view — since then, from the release version of PHP 7.2.X onward's.

But some of the project's need those dependencies, in order to carry out the required functionality as necessary. How do I need to solve the above issue?

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UPDATE:

TL;DR:

I had a lot of response from the votes to the posted answer. The answers need to be triaged depending upon the OS Architecture level. Since I'm using the shared server for hosting, there are more than one projects residing over it & which are coded with the version of PHP 5.X.X, so I decided to downgrade to PHP 7.1.X that supports mcrypt extension by default in my Debian based OS.

As I already mentioned in the link while Installing mcrypt Extension on PHP 7.2, by Server Pilot community. These peoples had told a newer version of pecl-7.2 is available to install mcrypt on PHP-7.2. Unfortunately, it ended with pecl7.2-sp: command not found from the executed commands which were put up. Later the website page got an update, so the commands over there doesn't match the commands that were tried while executing.

Finally, whichever might be the solutions fit's to your OS Architecture level, Just go for it!.

OR

If the below approaches didn't yield to solve the root cause.
Alternatively, you can go for PHP 7.1.X version which supports mcrypt extension by default

Answer 1

I followed below steps to install mcrypt for PHP7.2 using PECL.

1. Install PECL

apt-get install php-pecl

2. Before installing MCRYPT you must install libmcrypt

apt-get install libmcrypt-dev libreadline-dev

3. Install MCRYPT 1.0.1 using PECL

pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1

4. After the successful installation

You should add "extension=mcrypt.so" to php.ini

Please comment below if you need any assistance. :-)

IMPORTANT !

According to php.net reference many (all) mcrypt functions have been DEPRECATED as of PHP 7.1.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.