How To Install freeradius-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-common on Kali Linux.

What is freeradius-common

freeradius-common is:

This package contains common files used by several of the other packages from the FreeRADIUS project.

There are three methods to install freeradius-common 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 freeradius-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-common

Install freeradius-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeradius-common

Install freeradius-common 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 freeradius-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-common

How To Uninstall freeradius-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the freeradius-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeradius-common

Uninstall freeradius-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeradius-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-common

Remove freeradius-common Configurations and Data

To remove freeradius-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-common

Remove freeradius-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-common

Dependencies

freeradius-common have the following dependencies:

• adduser

References

• freeradius-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.