How To Install freediameter-extensions on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter-extensions on Kali Linux. freediameter-extensions is Extensions for the Diameter protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter-extensions on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.