How To Install freeradius-redis on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-redis on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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-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 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-redis using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-redis
How To Uninstall freeradius-redis on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-redis package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.