How To Install libfreeradius3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeradius3 on Kali Linux.

What is libfreeradius3

libfreeradius3 is:

The FreeRADIUS projects’ libfreeradius-radius and libfreeradius-eap, used by the FreeRADIUS server and some of the utilities.

There are three methods to install libfreeradius3 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 libfreeradius3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreeradius3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfreeradius3

Install libfreeradius3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreeradius3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfreeradius3

Install libfreeradius3 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 libfreeradius3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfreeradius3

How To Uninstall libfreeradius3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfreeradius3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfreeradius3

Uninstall libfreeradius3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfreeradius3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeradius3

Remove libfreeradius3 Configurations and Data

To remove libfreeradius3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeradius3

Remove libfreeradius3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfreeradius3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeradius3

Dependencies

libfreeradius3 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcap2

References

• libfreeradius3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeradius3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.