How To Install freeradius-wpe on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-wpe on Kali Linux. freeradius-wpe is FreeRadius Wireless Pawn Edition

Introduction

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

What is freeradius-wpe

freeradius-wpe is:

This package is FreeRadius Wireless Pawn Edition. There are supported and tested EAP Types/Inner Authentication Methods (others may also work):

  • PEAP/PAP (OTP)
  • PEAP/MSCHAPv2
  • EAP-TTLS/PAP (includes OTPs)
  • EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv1
  • EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv2
  • EAP-MD5

There are three methods to install freeradius-wpe 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-wpe 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-wpe using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-wpe

Install freeradius-wpe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-wpe using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeradius-wpe

Install freeradius-wpe 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-wpe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-wpe

How To Uninstall freeradius-wpe on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the freeradius-wpe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeradius-wpe

Uninstall freeradius-wpe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeradius-wpe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-wpe

Remove freeradius-wpe Configurations and Data

To remove freeradius-wpe configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-wpe

Remove freeradius-wpe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeradius-wpe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-wpe

Dependencies

freeradius-wpe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-wpe package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.