How To Install freeradius-memcached on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-memcached on Kali Linux. freeradius-memcached is Memcached module for FreeRADIUS server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-memcached on Kali Linux.

What is freeradius-memcached

freeradius-memcached is:

The FreeRADIUS server can cache data in memcached and this package contains the required module.

There are three methods to install freeradius-memcached on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freeradius-memcached Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-memcached using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-memcached

Install freeradius-memcached Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeradius-memcached

Install freeradius-memcached Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-memcached using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-memcached

How To Uninstall freeradius-memcached on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freeradius-memcached

Uninstall freeradius-memcached And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeradius-memcached and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-memcached

Remove freeradius-memcached Configurations and Data

To remove freeradius-memcached configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-memcached

Remove freeradius-memcached configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeradius-memcached configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-memcached

Dependencies

freeradius-memcached have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-memcached package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.