How To Install ruby-openid on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-openid on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-openid
ruby-openid is:
Ruby OpenID makes it easy to add OpenID authentication to your web applications. This library is a port of the Python OpenID library, and features:
- API for verifying OpenID identities (OpenID::Consumer)
- API for serving OpenID identities (OpenID::Server)
- Consumer and server support for extensions, including simple registration
- Yadis 1.0 and OpenID 1.0 service discovery, including server fallback
- Does not depend on underlying web framework
- Multiple storage implementations (Filesystem, SQL)
- Comprehensive test suite
- Example code to help you get started, including:
- WEBrick based consumer
- Ruby on rails based server
- OpenIDLoginGenerator for quickly creating a rails app that uses OpenID for authentication
- ActiveRecord adapter for using an SQL store in rails
There are three methods to install ruby-openid on Ubuntu. 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-openid 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-openid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-openid
Install ruby-openid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-openid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-openid
Install ruby-openid 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-openid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-openid
How To Uninstall ruby-openid on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-openid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-openid
Uninstall ruby-openid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-openid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-openid
Remove ruby-openid Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-openid configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-openid
Remove ruby-openid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-openid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-openid
Dependencies
ruby-openid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-openid package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.