How To Install freeradius-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-utils on Kali Linux. freeradius-utils is FreeRADIUS client utilities

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-utils

How To Uninstall freeradius-utils on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.