How To Install freeradius-python2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install freeradius-python2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. freeradius-python2 is Python 2 module for FreeRADIUS server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-python2 on Debian 10.

What is freeradius-python2

freeradius-python2 is:

This package is required to add Python 2 functionality to the FreeRADIUS server.

There are three methods to install freeradius-python2 on Debian 10. 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-python2 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-python2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-python2

Install freeradius-python2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-python2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeradius-python2

Install freeradius-python2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-python2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-python2

How To Uninstall freeradius-python2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the freeradius-python2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeradius-python2

Uninstall freeradius-python2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeradius-python2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-python2

Remove freeradius-python2 Configurations and Data

To remove freeradius-python2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-python2

Remove freeradius-python2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeradius-python2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-python2

Dependencies

freeradius-python2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-python2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.