How To Install ruby-omniauth-saml on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-omniauth-saml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-omniauth-saml is generic SAML strategy for OmniAuth

Introduction

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

What is ruby-omniauth-saml

ruby-omniauth-saml is:

This gem provides a strategy to use SAML with OmniAuth. Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based, open-standard data format for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider.

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

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

Install ruby-omniauth-saml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-saml

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-saml

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-saml on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-saml

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-saml And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove ruby-omniauth-saml Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-omniauth-saml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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