How To Install php-radius on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-radius on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 php-radius using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-radius
How To Uninstall php-radius on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-radius package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
