How To Install php-radius on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-radius on Kali Linux. php-radius is radius client library for PHP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-radius on Kali Linux.

What is php-radius

php-radius is:

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).

There are three methods to install php-radius 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 php-radius Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-radius

Install php-radius Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-radius

Install php-radius 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 php-radius using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-radius

How To Uninstall php-radius on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove php-radius

Uninstall php-radius And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-radius

Remove php-radius Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-radius

Remove php-radius configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-radius

Dependencies

php-radius have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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