How To Install ruby-omniauth-kerberos on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is ruby-omniauth-kerberos

ruby-omniauth-kerberos is:

This gem provides an OmniAuth strategy for Kerberos. Kerberos is a computer network authentication protocol which works on the basis of ’tickets’ to allow nodes communicating over a non-secure network to prove their identity to one another in a secure manner. OmniAuth is a library that standardizes multi-provider authentication for web applications

There are three methods to install ruby-omniauth-kerberos 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-kerberos 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-kerberos using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install ruby-omniauth-kerberos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-kerberos

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-kerberos

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-kerberos on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-kerberos

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-kerberos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-kerberos 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-kerberos

Remove ruby-omniauth-kerberos Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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