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