How To Install geoip-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoip-dbg on Debian 9.
What is geoip-dbg
geoip-dbg is:
GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country that any IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file based database.
This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and countries as values and it should be more complete and accurate than using reverse DNS lookups.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the libgeoip1 and geoip-bin package.
There are three methods to install geoip-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geoip-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geoip-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geoip-dbg
Install geoip-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geoip-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geoip-dbg
Install geoip-dbg 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install geoip-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geoip-dbg
How To Uninstall geoip-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the geoip-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geoip-dbg
Uninstall geoip-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geoip-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoip-dbg
Remove geoip-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove geoip-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geoip-dbg
Remove geoip-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geoip-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoip-dbg
Dependencies
geoip-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoip-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
