How To Install freeradius-memcached on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-memcached on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-memcached package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
