How To Install libfreeradius-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeradius-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libfreeradius-dev
libfreeradius-dev is:
The FreeRADIUS projects’ libfreeradius-radius and libfreeradius-eap, used by the FreeRADIUS server and some of the utilities.
This package contains the development headers and static library version.
There are three methods to install libfreeradius-dev 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 libfreeradius-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfreeradius-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreeradius-devInstall libfreeradius-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfreeradius-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreeradius-devInstall libfreeradius-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfreeradius-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreeradius-devHow To Uninstall libfreeradius-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libfreeradius-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreeradius-devUninstall libfreeradius-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreeradius-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeradius-devRemove libfreeradius-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfreeradius-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeradius-devRemove libfreeradius-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreeradius-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeradius-devDependencies
libfreeradius-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeradius-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
