By zothen
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt is the command, E: package “php5” has no installation candidate is the response, same for libapache2-mod and the other one.
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I think that 16.04 uses php 7 by default, but you can just use php and it will choose the latest:
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt
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