How To Install freediameter-extensions on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter-extensions on Debian 12.
What is freediameter-extensions
freediameter-extensions 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.
The extensions provide the mean to augment the features of the freeDiameterd framework. Extensions can provide the handling of a Diameter server application, but also advanced routing features, peer management, etc.
There are three methods to install freediameter-extensions on Debian 12. 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-extensions 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-extensions using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freediameter-extensions
Install freediameter-extensions Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freediameter-extensions using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freediameter-extensions
Install freediameter-extensions 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-extensions using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freediameter-extensions
How To Uninstall freediameter-extensions on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freediameter-extensions package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freediameter-extensions
Uninstall freediameter-extensions And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freediameter-extensions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freediameter-extensions
Remove freediameter-extensions Configurations and Data
To remove freediameter-extensions configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freediameter-extensions
Remove freediameter-extensions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freediameter-extensions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freediameter-extensions
Dependencies
freediameter-extensions have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter-extensions package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
