How To Install libmaxminddb0 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb0
on Kali Linux.
What is libmaxminddb0
libmaxminddb0 is:
The libmaxminddb library provides a C library for reading MaxMind DB files, including the GeoIP2 databases from MaxMind. This is a custom binary format designed to facilitate fast lookups of IP addresses while allowing for great flexibility in the type of data associated with an address.
The MaxMind DB format is an open format. The spec is available at http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/. This spec is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
There are three methods to install libmaxminddb0
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmaxminddb0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmaxminddb0
Install libmaxminddb0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmaxminddb0
Install libmaxminddb0 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmaxminddb0
How To Uninstall libmaxminddb0 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmaxminddb0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmaxminddb0
Uninstall libmaxminddb0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmaxminddb0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxminddb0
Remove libmaxminddb0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmaxminddb0
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmaxminddb0
Remove libmaxminddb0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmaxminddb0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaxminddb0
Dependencies
libmaxminddb0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb0
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.