How To Install freeradius on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius on Kali Linux. freeradius is high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server

Introduction

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

What is freeradius

freeradius is:

FreeRADIUS is a high-performance RADIUS server with support for:

  • Authentication by local files, SQL, Kerberos, LDAP, PAM, and more.
  • Powerful policy configuration language.
  • Proxying and replicating requests by any criteria.
  • Support for many EAP types; TLS, PEAP, TTLS, etc.
  • Many vendor-specific attributes.
  • Regexp matching in string attributes. and lots more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeradius

Install freeradius Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freeradius

Install freeradius 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 freeradius using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeradius

How To Uninstall freeradius on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freeradius

Uninstall freeradius And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeradius

Remove freeradius Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freeradius

Remove freeradius configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeradius

Dependencies

freeradius have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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