How To Install libgeoip-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip-dev on Debian 9. libgeoip-dev is Development files for the GeoIP library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip-dev on Debian 9.

What is libgeoip-dev

libgeoip-dev 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 development files.

There are three methods to install libgeoip-dev 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 libgeoip-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeoip-dev

Install libgeoip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeoip-dev

Install libgeoip-dev 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 libgeoip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeoip-dev

How To Uninstall libgeoip-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgeoip-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeoip-dev

Uninstall libgeoip-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeoip-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeoip-dev

Remove libgeoip-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgeoip-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeoip-dev

Remove libgeoip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeoip-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeoip-dev

Dependencies

libgeoip-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.