How To Install radiusd-livingston on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install radiusd-livingston on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is radiusd-livingston
radiusd-livingston is:
RADIUS is an AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) protocol for managing client access to network services, and is described by RFCs 2865 to
- This version of the RADIUS server is from Lucent Technologies Inc., formerly known as Livingston Enterprises Inc.
Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) require a username and password to be given on connection. Before access to the network is granted, this information is passed to a Network Access Server (NAS) device over the link-layer protocol and then to a RADIUS server over the RADIUS protocol. The RADIUS server checks that the information is correct using authentication schemes like PAP, CHAP or EAP. If accepted, the server will then authorize access to the ISP’s system and select an IP address, L2TP parameters, etc.
RADIUS is also commonly used for accounting purposes so that the users can be billed accordingly.
There are three methods to install radiusd-livingston 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 radiusd-livingston Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install radiusd-livingston using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install radiusd-livingston
Install radiusd-livingston Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install radiusd-livingston using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install radiusd-livingston
Install radiusd-livingston 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 radiusd-livingston using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install radiusd-livingston
How To Uninstall radiusd-livingston on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the radiusd-livingston package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove radiusd-livingston
Uninstall radiusd-livingston And Its Dependencies
To uninstall radiusd-livingston and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove radiusd-livingston
Remove radiusd-livingston Configurations and Data
To remove radiusd-livingston configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge radiusd-livingston
Remove radiusd-livingston configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove radiusd-livingston configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radiusd-livingston
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install radiusd-livingston package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
