title: ext-mcrypt error while installing laravel on ubuntu 14.04
body: <p>I am beginner in laravel in ubuntu 14.04.
  I try to run this following commend for install laravel.</p>
  
  <pre><code>composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and i got following error.
  i am also try to install ncrypt but i got same error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Installing laravel/laravel (v5.0.1)
        - Installing laravel/laravel (v5.0.1)
          Loading from cache
  
      Created project in /opt/lampp/htdocs/laravel
      Loading composer repositories with package information
      Installing dependencies (including require-dev)
      Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
  
        Problem 1
          - laravel/framework v5.0.2 requires ext-mcrypt * -&gt; the requested PHP extension mcrypt is missing from your system.
          - laravel/framework v5.0.1 requires ext-mcrypt * -&gt; the requested PHP extension mcrypt is missing from your system.
          - laravel/framework v5.0.0 requires ext-mcrypt * -&gt; the requested PHP extension mcrypt is missing from your system.
          - Installation request for laravel/framework 5.0.* -&gt; satisfiable by laravel/framework[v5.0.0, v5.0.1, v5.0.2].
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i am also try to run this command but i got this same error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo apt-get install mcrypt php5-mcrypt
  sudo php5enmod mcrypt
  sudo service apache2 restart
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance..</p>