How To Install freeradius-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
