How To Install ruby-omniauth-remote-user on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-omniauth-remote-user on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-omniauth-remote-user is Omniauth extrategy for Remote-User HTTP header

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-remote-user on Debian 10.

What is ruby-omniauth-remote-user

ruby-omniauth-remote-user is:

This package allows applications using ruby-omniauth to authenticate users using the Remote-User HTTP header. This can be used with HTTP basic authentication, SSL client certificate authentication, and all authentication methods that sets the Remote-User header for the underlying application.

This should not be used in an application that is directly acessible from the network, but applications that are under a web server setup that will properly handle authentication before setting the Remote-User header for the application.

There are three methods to install ruby-omniauth-remote-user on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-omniauth-remote-user Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth-remote-user using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-omniauth-remote-user

Install ruby-omniauth-remote-user Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth-remote-user using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-remote-user

Install ruby-omniauth-remote-user 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth-remote-user using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-remote-user

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-remote-user on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ruby-omniauth-remote-user package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-remote-user

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-remote-user And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-remote-user and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-omniauth-remote-user

Remove ruby-omniauth-remote-user Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-omniauth-remote-user configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-omniauth-remote-user

Remove ruby-omniauth-remote-user configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-omniauth-remote-user configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-omniauth-remote-user

Dependencies

ruby-omniauth-remote-user have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-remote-user package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.