Hello!

I'm currently trying to get started with developing using Laravel, and settled on Linode as a suitable host, however I've run into a few issues with the installation process.

I currently have a funcitoning LAMP stack, built using the Linode documentation here: -basic setup -LAMP setup

If I create a new laravel project using the composer.phar install method the following error shows up at the end of the instal sequence in the terminal:

Generating autoload files
Mcrypt PHP extension required.
Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error



  [RuntimeException]
  Error Output:

If I attempt to create a project using laravel.phar it initially throws an error that I need to have the php curl extension installed. Once installing that, the laravel.phar installation method appears to install without any issues.

Using either of these methods the project files appear to be created, and I am able to setup an apache virtualhost to direct to their public directory just fine.

The default index.php page generated using either of these methods serves only the text 'Mcrypt PHP extension required.'.

my phpinfo() page lists mcrypt under the module authors section. I also tried to find a way to install mcrypt php extension, thus far what i've found was to use the following command:

apt-get install php5-json

which tells me the most recent version is already installed. I've also tried:

apt-get install phpt-mcrypt

which appears to install mcrypt, however rebooting apache still get me only the 'Mcrypt PHP extension required.' message. I've also tried forcing a clean reinstall of both packages using the --reinstall flag.

Any help is appreciated!