How To Install ruby-omniauth-github on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-omniauth-github on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-omniauth-github is GitHub strategy for the Ruby OmniAuth library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-github on Debian 12.

What is ruby-omniauth-github

ruby-omniauth-github is:

OmniAuth is a Ruby library that standardizes multi-provider authentication for web applications. It was created to be powerful, flexible, and do as little as possible. Any developer can create strategies for OmniAuth that can authenticate users via disparate systems. OmniAuth strategies have been created for everything from Facebook to LDAP.

This package contains the official OmniAuth strategy for GitHub.

There are three methods to install ruby-omniauth-github on Debian 12. 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-github 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-github using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install ruby-omniauth-github Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-github

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-github

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-github on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-github

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-github And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-github and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove ruby-omniauth-github Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-omniauth-github configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-omniauth-github have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-github package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.