How To Install freeradius-utils on Kali Linux
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
.