How To Install geolite2-city on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-city on Rocky Linux 8. geolite2-city is Free IP geolocation city database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-city on Rocky Linux 8.

What is geolite2-city

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-city on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geolite2-city.

Install geolite2-city 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 geolite2-city using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geolite2-city

Install geolite2-city 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 geolite2-city using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geolite2-city

How To Uninstall geolite2-city on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove geolite2-city

geolite2-city Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-city on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.