How To Install freeradius-dhcp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-dhcp on Kali Linux. freeradius-dhcp is DHCP module for FreeRADIUS server

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-dhcp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-dhcp

How To Uninstall freeradius-dhcp on Kali Linux

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