How To Install ruby-omniauth-tumblr on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is ruby-omniauth-tumblr

ruby-omniauth-tumblr is:

This library is an OmniAuth 1.0 Strategy for authenticating with the Tumblr API.

Setting up a tumblr dev account and usage of this library is documented in /usr/share/ruby-omniauth-tumblr/README.md

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

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

Install ruby-omniauth-tumblr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-tumblr

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-tumblr

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-tumblr on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-tumblr

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-tumblr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-tumblr 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-tumblr

Remove ruby-omniauth-tumblr Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

References

Summary

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