How To Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: libnginx-mod-http-geoip Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17.10-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/httpd Source: nginx Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Nginx Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 77 Depends: nginx-common (= 1.17.10-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgeoip1 (>= 1.6.12) Filename: pool/universe/n/nginx/libnginx-mod-http-geoip_1.17.10-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 10760 MD5sum: 2568a2da5373c0a675bdb1e6c33292e2 SHA1: c055b84386ac31e984ec11580fc8a2e26a5c1345 SHA256: 9a6a7f283dcfcfe31dbc09296ce97bd3e76b4d92d3054b135431303bcd3ef9b3 Homepage: http://nginx.net Description-en: GeoIP HTTP module for Nginx 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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
