How To Install ruby-omniauth-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-omniauth-facebook is Oauth2 facebook strategy for OmniAuth

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-omniauth-facebook

ruby-omniauth-facebook is:

This gem contains a OAuth2 facebook strategy for OmniAuth. It supports the OAuth 2.0 server-side and client-side flows.

Read the Facebook docs for more details: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication.

There are three methods to install ruby-omniauth-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-omniauth-facebook 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-facebook using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-omniauth-facebook

Install ruby-omniauth-facebook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-facebook

Install ruby-omniauth-facebook 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 ruby-omniauth-facebook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-facebook

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-facebook

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-facebook And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-facebook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-omniauth-facebook

Remove ruby-omniauth-facebook Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-omniauth-facebook configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-omniauth-facebook

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-omniauth-facebook

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-facebook package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.