How To Install freeradius-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils on Debian 12.
What is freeradius-utils
freeradius-utils is:
This package contains various client programs and utilities from the FreeRADIUS Server project, including:
- radclient
- radeapclient
- radlast
- radsniff
- radsqlrelay
- radtest
- radwho
- radzap
- rlm_ippool_tool
- smbencrypt
There are three methods to install freeradius-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-utils
Install freeradius-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeradius-utils
Install freeradius-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-utils
How To Uninstall freeradius-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freeradius-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeradius-utils
Uninstall freeradius-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeradius-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-utils
Remove freeradius-utils Configurations and Data
To remove freeradius-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-utils
Remove freeradius-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeradius-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-utils
Dependencies
freeradius-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
