How To Install freeradius-utils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils on CentOS 8.
What is freeradius-utils
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 or dnf to install freeradius-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeradius-utils.
Install freeradius-utils on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freeradius-utils
Install freeradius-utils on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freeradius-utils
How To Uninstall freeradius-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the freeradius-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freeradius-utils
freeradius-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8
/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/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/3683ecfea4c90fae895a0a843e3c63ee5026cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/0a9fa62a756c6076ff659894cf7337601d57b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/8ee60e463e18c6b9c4a9fcad5b95490aa5c813
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/652ab7759ffda1e58a77167d8d7d201867a8dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/707ef540a390248a907b3e57cfadafd8a17043
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/5e227f9864186ef99fb25c8ee503a59c5df794
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/eb4c7db12248b2060319eb6eea353de50e5e6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/338031eed92890c78d26b49588be4d2051f686
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/369d5d402ce318f1799249ac15c8e677b7ff0a
/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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.