How To Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
The GeoLite databases are free IP geolocation databases. This package contains databases that map IPv6 addresses to countries, plus IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to cities and autonomous system numbers. This product includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from http
We can use yum
or dnf
to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra.
Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
How To Uninstall GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNumv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCityv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteASNum.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteASNumv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCityv6.dat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.