How To Install freeradius-redis on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is freeradius-redis

freeradius-redis is:

This module is required to enable the FreeRADIUS server to access Redis databases.

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-redis

Install freeradius-redis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeradius-redis

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

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-redis

How To Uninstall freeradius-redis on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freeradius-redis

Uninstall freeradius-redis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-redis

Remove freeradius-redis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-redis

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

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

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

Dependencies

freeradius-redis have the following dependencies:

• freeradius
• libc6
• libhiredis0.14

References

• freeradius-redis website

Summary

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