How To Install ruby-omniauth on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-omniauth
ruby-omniauth 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.
There are three methods to install ruby-omniauth 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-omniauth
Install ruby-omniauth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth
Install ruby-omniauth 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth
How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-omniauth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth
Uninstall ruby-omniauth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-omniauth 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
Remove ruby-omniauth Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-omniauth configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-omniauth
Remove ruby-omniauth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-omniauth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-omniauth
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
