How To Install freediameter on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is freediameter
freediameter is:
Diameter is a protocol designed to carry Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) payload. It is an evolution of the RADIUS protocol (as the name suggests).
freeDiameter is an implementation of the Diameter protocol.
This is a metapackage which will install the shared libraries, the daemon and the extensions for freeDiameter.
There are three methods to install freediameter on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freediameter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freediameter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freediameter
Install freediameter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freediameter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freediameter
Install freediameter 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 freediameter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freediameter
How To Uninstall freediameter on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the freediameter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freediameter
Uninstall freediameter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freediameter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freediameter
Remove freediameter Configurations and Data
To remove freediameter configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freediameter
Remove freediameter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freediameter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freediameter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameter package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
