unable to install php5-mcrypt

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I want to install php5-mcrypt, I used this command to install mcrypt on my ubuntu 14.04 server:
sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
and I'm getting the error like this,
The following packages have unmet dependencies: php5-mcrypt : Depends: phpapi-20100525 Depends: php5-common (= 5.4.35-1~dotdeb.1) but 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
please help me.

thanks aroll605. i tried that method it didn't work.so i removed phpand installed again on my system. — programmer, Dec 12 '14 at 02:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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I found answer to my question. I removed php completely in my system using sudo apt-get -y purge php.* and install php again on my system. reference to remove php: How to completely remove PHP?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Dec 12 '14 at 02:41

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You can mark this question as answered if you solved it. – No Time Dec 12 '14 at 02:44

unable to install php5-mcrypt

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