How To Install freediameter on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter on Debian 11. freediameter is Implementation of the freeDiameter protocol - metapackage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter on Debian 11.

What is freediameter

freediameter is:

Diameter is a protocol designed to carry Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) payload. It is an evolution of the RADIUS protocol (as the name suggests).

freeDiameter is an implementation of the Diameter protocol.

This is a metapackage which will install the shared libraries, the daemon and the extensions for freeDiameter.

There are three methods to install freediameter on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freediameter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freediameter

Install freediameter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freediameter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freediameter

Install freediameter 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 freediameter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freediameter

How To Uninstall freediameter on Debian 11

To uninstall only the freediameter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freediameter

Uninstall freediameter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freediameter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freediameter

Remove freediameter Configurations and Data

To remove freediameter configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freediameter

Remove freediameter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freediameter

Dependencies

freediameter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.