How To Install ruby-rack-piwik on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rack-piwik on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-rack-piwik
ruby-rack-piwik is:
Rack middleware to inject the Piwik tracking code into outgoing responses.
In a digital world, Piwik gives you insights on your website’s visitors, your marketing campaigns and much more, so you can optimize your strategy and online experience of your visitors. Piwik is an open source alternative to Google Analytics available in 48 languages!
Adapted from rack-google-analytics.
There are three methods to install ruby-rack-piwik 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-piwik 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-piwik using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rack-piwik
Install ruby-rack-piwik Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rack-piwik using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rack-piwik
Install ruby-rack-piwik 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-piwik using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rack-piwik
How To Uninstall ruby-rack-piwik on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-rack-piwik package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rack-piwik
Uninstall ruby-rack-piwik And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rack-piwik 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-piwik
Remove ruby-rack-piwik Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rack-piwik configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rack-piwik
Remove ruby-rack-piwik configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rack-piwik configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rack-piwik
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rack-piwik package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
