How To Install ruby-secure-headers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-secure-headers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-secure-headers
ruby-secure-headers is:
Add easily configured security headers to responses including Content-Security-Policy(CSP) which helps detect/prevent XSS and mixed-contents x-frame-options, strict-transport-security, etc.
There are three methods to install ruby-secure-headers 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-secure-headers 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-secure-headers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-secure-headers
Install ruby-secure-headers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-secure-headers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-secure-headers
Install ruby-secure-headers 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-secure-headers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-secure-headers
How To Uninstall ruby-secure-headers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-secure-headers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-secure-headers
Uninstall ruby-secure-headers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-secure-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-secure-headers
Remove ruby-secure-headers Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-secure-headers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-secure-headers
Remove ruby-secure-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-secure-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-secure-headers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-secure-headers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
