How To Install freeradius-yubikey on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-yubikey on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is freeradius-yubikey
freeradius-yubikey is:
This package is required to add Yubikey functionality to the FreeRADIUS server.
There are three methods to install freeradius-yubikey on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-yubikey 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-yubikey using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeradius-yubikey
Install freeradius-yubikey Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-yubikey using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeradius-yubikey
Install freeradius-yubikey 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install freeradius-yubikey using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeradius-yubikey
How To Uninstall freeradius-yubikey on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the freeradius-yubikey package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeradius-yubikey
Uninstall freeradius-yubikey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeradius-yubikey and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius-yubikey
Remove freeradius-yubikey Configurations and Data
To remove freeradius-yubikey configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius-yubikey
Remove freeradius-yubikey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeradius-yubikey configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius-yubikey
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-yubikey package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
