How To Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Debian 10

Learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libnginx-mod-http-geoip is GeoIP HTTP module for Nginx

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Debian 10.

What is libnginx-mod-http-geoip

libnginx-mod-http-geoip is:

The ngx_http_geoip module creates variables with values depending on the client IP address, using the precompiled MaxMind databases.

Those variables include country, region, city, latitude, longitude, postal code, etc.

There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoip

Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-geoip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoip

Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip 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 libnginx-mod-http-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoip

How To Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-http-geoip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip

Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-http-geoip

Remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip Configurations and Data

To remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-http-geoip

Remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-http-geoip

Dependencies

libnginx-mod-http-geoip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.