How To Install ruby-omniauth-twitter on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is ruby-omniauth-twitter

ruby-omniauth-twitter is:

Twitter offers a few different methods of integration. This strategy implements the browser variant of the “Sign in with Twitter” flow.

Twitter uses OAuth 1.0a. Twitter’s developer area contains ample documentation on how it implements this, so if you are really interested in the details, go check that out for more.

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

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

Install ruby-omniauth-twitter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-twitter

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-twitter

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-twitter on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-twitter

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-twitter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-twitter 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-twitter

Remove ruby-omniauth-twitter Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

References

Summary

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