How To Install freeradius-iodbc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-iodbc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is freeradius-iodbc
freeradius-iodbc is:
The FreeRADIUS server can use iODBC to access databases to authenticate users and do accounting, and this module is necessary for that.
There are three methods to install freeradius-iodbc 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-iodbc 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-iodbc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-iodbc
Install freeradius-iodbc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-iodbc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeradius-iodbc
Install freeradius-iodbc 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-iodbc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-iodbc
How To Uninstall freeradius-iodbc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the freeradius-iodbc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeradius-iodbc
Uninstall freeradius-iodbc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeradius-iodbc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-iodbc
Remove freeradius-iodbc Configurations and Data
To remove freeradius-iodbc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-iodbc
Remove freeradius-iodbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeradius-iodbc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-iodbc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-iodbc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
