my site -running ubuntu 14.04 lts server 64bit edition- uses the mcrypt too. somehow the default installation did not enable the mcrypt.
so we do have to enable it manually by doing "sudo php5enmod mcrypt", restart the apache, and voila! sudo php5enmod mcrypt sudo service apache2 restart cd /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d ls -la | grep mcrypt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 13 14:37 20-mcrypt.ini -> ../../mods-available/mcrypt.ini -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236035 Title: phpmyadmin does not recognize php5-mcrypt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-mcrypt/+bug/1236035/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs