How To Install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
lighttpd-mod-maxminddb is:
This package contains the maxminddb module for lighttpd. With this module, it is possible to distinguish users based on the location using a GeoIP2 database.
Package: lighttpd-mod-maxminddb Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.4.55-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/httpd Source: lighttpd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian lighttpd maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 23 Depends: lighttpd (= 1.4.55-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libmaxminddb0 (>= 1.0.2) Filename: pool/universe/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-maxminddb_1.4.55-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5240 MD5sum: adedcb804a9790881990ddee28ac16cd SHA1: 1c0cb7af313fedf6300fb01f7b995ac5488033af SHA256: f4d587dc2e451f46479847d5c4335f1835b3fcf46f28f0e59b19ba8554278694 Homepage: https://www.lighttpd.net/ Description-en: GeoIP2 restrictions for lighttpd This package contains the maxminddb module for lighttpd. With this module, it is possible to distinguish users based on the location using a GeoIP2 database.
There are three methods to install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb 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 lighttpd-mod-maxminddb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
Install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
Install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb 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 lighttpd-mod-maxminddb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
How To Uninstall lighttpd-mod-maxminddb on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lighttpd-mod-maxminddb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
Uninstall lighttpd-mod-maxminddb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lighttpd-mod-maxminddb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
Remove lighttpd-mod-maxminddb Configurations and Data
To remove lighttpd-mod-maxminddb configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
Remove lighttpd-mod-maxminddb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lighttpd-mod-maxminddb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-mod-maxminddb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-maxminddb package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.