How To Install radiusd-livingston on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install radiusd-livingston on Debian 9. radiusd-livingston is Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install radiusd-livingston on Debian 9.

What is radiusd-livingston

radiusd-livingston is:

RADIUS is an AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) protocol for managing client access to network services, and is described by RFCs 2865 to

  1. This version of the RADIUS server is from Lucent Technologies Inc., formerly known as Livingston Enterprises Inc.

Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) require a username and password to be given on connection. Before access to the network is granted, this information is passed to a Network Access Server (NAS) device over the link-layer protocol and then to a RADIUS server over the RADIUS protocol. The RADIUS server checks that the information is correct using authentication schemes like PAP, CHAP or EAP. If accepted, the server will then authorize access to the ISP’s system and select an IP address, L2TP parameters, etc.

RADIUS is also commonly used for accounting purposes so that the users can be billed accordingly.

There are three methods to install radiusd-livingston on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install radiusd-livingston Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install radiusd-livingston

Install radiusd-livingston Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install radiusd-livingston

Install radiusd-livingston 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 radiusd-livingston using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install radiusd-livingston

How To Uninstall radiusd-livingston on Debian 9

To uninstall only the radiusd-livingston package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove radiusd-livingston

Uninstall radiusd-livingston And Its Dependencies

To uninstall radiusd-livingston and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove radiusd-livingston

Remove radiusd-livingston Configurations and Data

To remove radiusd-livingston configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge radiusd-livingston

Remove radiusd-livingston configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radiusd-livingston

Dependencies

radiusd-livingston have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install radiusd-livingston package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.