How To Install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8. freeradius-client is RADIUS protocol client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `freeradius-client`

FreeRADIUS Client is a library for writing RADIUS Clients. The library lets you develop a RADIUS-aware application in less than 50 lines of C code.

We can use yum or dnf to install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeradius-client.

Install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install freeradius-client

Install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeradius-client

How To Uninstall freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the freeradius-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove freeradius-client

freeradius-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/radiusclient
/etc/radiusclient/dictionary
/etc/radiusclient/issue
/etc/radiusclient/port-id-map
/etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf
/etc/radiusclient/servers
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/fb5f92f016876ed03e11158c48a4e099030e02
/usr/lib64/libfreeradius-client.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfreeradius-client.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/freeradius-client
/usr/share/doc/freeradius-client/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/freeradius-client/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/freeradius-client/README.radexample
/usr/share/doc/freeradius-client/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/freeradius-client
/usr/share/licenses/freeradius-client/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/freeradius-client/PACKAGE-LICENSING
/usr/share/radiusclient
/usr/share/radiusclient/dictionary
/usr/share/radiusclient/dictionary.ascend
/usr/share/radiusclient/dictionary.compat
/usr/share/radiusclient/dictionary.merit
/usr/share/radiusclient/dictionary.sip

References

freeradius-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.