How To Install ruby-rack-attack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rack-attack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-rack-attack
ruby-rack-attack is:
A rack middleware for throttling and blocking abusive requests. It protects your web app from bad clients. It allows whitelisting, blacklisting, throttling, and tracking based on arbitrary properties of the request.
There are three methods to install ruby-rack-attack 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-rack-attack 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-rack-attack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rack-attack
Install ruby-rack-attack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rack-attack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rack-attack
Install ruby-rack-attack 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-rack-attack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rack-attack
How To Uninstall ruby-rack-attack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-rack-attack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rack-attack
Uninstall ruby-rack-attack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rack-attack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rack-attack
Remove ruby-rack-attack Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rack-attack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rack-attack
Remove ruby-rack-attack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rack-attack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rack-attack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rack-attack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
