How To Install GeoIP-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-devel on Rocky Linux 8. GeoIP-devel is Development headers and libraries for GeoIP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is GeoIP-devel

Development headers and static libraries for building GeoIP-based applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install GeoIP-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GeoIP-devel.

Install GeoIP-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install GeoIP-devel

Install GeoIP-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install GeoIP-devel

How To Uninstall GeoIP-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the GeoIP-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove GeoIP-devel

GeoIP-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/GeoIP.h
/usr/include/GeoIPCity.h
/usr/lib64/libGeoIP.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/geoip.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.