How To Install freediameterd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameterd on Kali Linux.
What is freediameterd
freediameterd 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 simple daemon parses the command line and initializes the freeDiameter framework. Use it for your Diameter server & agent components. In case of Diameter clients, you probably will prefer linking the libfdcore directly with your client application that must be made Diameter-aware.
There are three methods to install freediameterd 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 freediameterd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freediameterd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freediameterdInstall freediameterd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freediameterd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freediameterdInstall freediameterd 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install freediameterd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freediameterdHow To Uninstall freediameterd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the freediameterd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freediameterdUninstall freediameterd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freediameterd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freediameterdRemove freediameterd Configurations and Data
To remove freediameterd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freediameterdRemove freediameterd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freediameterd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freediameterdDependencies
freediameterd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameterd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.