How To Install freeradius-dhcp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-dhcp on Debian 12.
What is freeradius-dhcp
freeradius-dhcp is:
The FreeRADIUS server can act as a DHCP server, and this module is necessary for that.
There are three methods to install freeradius-dhcp 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 freeradius-dhcp 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-dhcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-dhcp
Install freeradius-dhcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-dhcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeradius-dhcp
Install freeradius-dhcp 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 freeradius-dhcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-dhcp
How To Uninstall freeradius-dhcp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freeradius-dhcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeradius-dhcp
Uninstall freeradius-dhcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeradius-dhcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-dhcp
Remove freeradius-dhcp Configurations and Data
To remove freeradius-dhcp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-dhcp
Remove freeradius-dhcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeradius-dhcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-dhcp
Dependencies
freeradius-dhcp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-dhcp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
