How To Install geolite2-country on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-country in Fedora 36. geolite2-country is Free IP geolocation country database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-country on Fedora 36.

What is `geolite2-country`

GeoLite2 databases are free IP geolocation databases comparable to, but less accurate than, MaxMind’s GeoIP2 databases. This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http

We can use yum or dnf to install geolite2-country on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geolite2-country.

Install geolite2-country on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geolite2-country using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geolite2-country

Install geolite2-country on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geolite2-country using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geolite2-country

How To Uninstall geolite2-country on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the geolite2-country package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geolite2-country

geolite2-country Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/GeoIP
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
/usr/share/licenses/geolite2-country
/usr/share/licenses/geolite2-country/COPYRIGHT.txt
/usr/share/licenses/geolite2-country/LICENSE.txt

References

geolite2-country website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-country on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).