How To Install freeradius-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. freeradius-utils.x86_64 is FreeRADIUS utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is freeradius-utils.x86_64

The FreeRADIUS server has a number of features found in other servers, and additional features not found in any other server. Rather than doing a feature by feature comparison, we will simply list the features of the server, and let you decide if they satisfy your needs. Support for RFC and VSA Attributes Additional server configuration attributes Selecting a particular configuration Authentication methods

We can use yum to install freeradius-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeradius-utils.x86_64.

Install freeradius-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeradius-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall freeradius-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the freeradius-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove freeradius-utils.x86_64

freeradius-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/dhcpclient
/usr/bin/map_unit
/usr/bin/rad_counter
/usr/bin/radattr
/usr/bin/radclient
/usr/bin/radcrypt
/usr/bin/radeapclient
/usr/bin/radlast
/usr/bin/radsniff
/usr/bin/radsqlrelay
/usr/bin/radtest
/usr/bin/radwho
/usr/bin/radzap
/usr/bin/rlm_ippool_tool
/usr/bin/smbencrypt
/usr/share/man/man1/dhcpclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rad_counter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radeapclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radlast.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radtest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radwho.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/radzap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbencrypt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/checkrad.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/radcrypt.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/radsniff.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/radsqlrelay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rlm_ippool_tool.8.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.