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