How To Install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc on Rocky Linux 8. ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc is Apache module for ipv6calc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc

mod_ipv6calc contains an Apache module and a default configuration file. Features - store anonymized IPv4/v6 address in environment variable - store CountryCode of IPv4/v6 address in environment variable (environment variables can be used for custom log format) Check/adjust /etc/httpd/conf.d/ipv6calc.conf By default the module is disabled.

We can use yum or dnf to install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc.

Install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc 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 ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc

Install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc 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 ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc

How To Uninstall ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc

ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/httpd/conf.d/ipv6calc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/6c9625b687c765330471688fa08c5fc57f6929
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_ipv6calc.so
/usr/share/doc/ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc
/usr/share/doc/ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc/README.mod_ipv6calc
/usr/share/ipv6calc/examples/mod_ipv6calc/ipv6calc.cgi
/usr/share/licenses/ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc
/usr/share/licenses/ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipv6calc-mod_ipv6calc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.