How To Install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7. php-pecl-radius is Radius client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7.

What is php-pecl-radius

This package is based on the libradius of FreeBSD, with some modifications and extensions. This PECL provides full support for RADIUS authentication (RFC 2865) and RADIUS accounting (RFC 2866), works on Unix and on Windows. Its an easy way to authenticate your users against the user-database of your OS (for example against Windows Active-Directory via IAS).

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-radius.

Install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install php-pecl-radius using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-radius

Install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install php-pecl-radius using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-radius

How To Uninstall php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-pecl-radius package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-radius

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-radius on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.