How To Install freeradius-mysql on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is freeradius-mysql

freeradius-mysql is:

The FreeRADIUS server can use MySQL to authenticate users and do accounting, and this module is necessary for that.

There are three methods to install freeradius-mysql 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-mysql 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-mysql using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-mysql

Install freeradius-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-mysql using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeradius-mysql

Install freeradius-mysql 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-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-mysql

How To Uninstall freeradius-mysql on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the freeradius-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeradius-mysql

Uninstall freeradius-mysql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeradius-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-mysql

Remove freeradius-mysql Configurations and Data

To remove freeradius-mysql configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-mysql

Remove freeradius-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeradius-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-mysql

Dependencies

freeradius-mysql have the following dependencies:

• freeradius
• libc6
• libmariadb3

References

• freeradius-mysql website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-mysql package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.