How To Install freediameterd on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameterd on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is freediameterd
freediameterd 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 simple daemon parses the command line and initializes the freeDiameter framework. Use it for your Diameter server & agent components. In case of Diameter clients, you probably will prefer linking the libfdcore directly with your client application that must be made Diameter-aware.
There are three methods to install freediameterd 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 freediameterd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freediameterd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freediameterd
Install freediameterd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freediameterd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freediameterd
Install freediameterd 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 freediameterd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freediameterd
How To Uninstall freediameterd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the freediameterd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freediameterd
Uninstall freediameterd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freediameterd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freediameterd
Remove freediameterd Configurations and Data
To remove freediameterd configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freediameterd
Remove freediameterd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freediameterd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freediameterd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freediameterd package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
