Section 2.5. Installing and upgrading on Linux: Ubuntu and Debian

2.5. Installing and upgrading on Linux: Ubuntu and Debian

These packages have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 and Debian 9, 10, 11 and 12.

To install Radiator:

Download the distribution package for your operating system from Radiator downloads
Install the package. On Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 and Debian 9 (Stretch), 10 (Buster), 11 (Bullseye) or 12 (Bookworm) the package is named as radiator_4.xx-nn_all.deb:
```
sudo apt install ./radiator_4.xx-nn_all.deb
```
Start Radiator and set it to start automatically after you reboot your Linux server.
```
sudo systemctl start radiator
sudo systemctl enable radiator
```
Test authentication. You should see OK printed to the screen 3 times.
```
/opt/radiator/radiator/radpwtst
```
Edit /etc/radiator/radiator.conf to suit your site and needs. Remember to restart Radiator after configuration change with systemctl restart radiator. This reference manual describes the options and parameters.

The package creates the following system user, system group and an empty home directory for Radiator service:

radiator
radiator
/var/lib/radiator

By default, it creates the following directories for configuration, logs, Radiator itself, its utilities and other files. See /opt/radiator/radiator/goodies/ for configuration samples:

/etc/radiator/
/var/log/radiator/
/opt/radiator/
/usr/share/doc/radiator

Default log rotate configuration is installed as

/etc/logrotate.d/radiator

You can find documentation, additional dictionaries, and the goodies collection in /opt/radiator/radiator/ directory.

Upgrading from a deb

Upgrades between deb packages do not require any special commands. Use 'apt install' or any other commands that you typically use to upgrade packages. Note: remember to restart radiator after each upgrade.