How To Install mmdb-bin on Debian 10

Learn how to install mmdb-bin on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mmdb-bin is IP geolocation lookup command-line tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmdb-bin on Debian 10.

What is mmdb-bin

mmdb-bin 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.

This package contains the command line utilities to resolve IPs using the libmaxminddb library.

There are three methods to install mmdb-bin 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 mmdb-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mmdb-bin

Install mmdb-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mmdb-bin

Install mmdb-bin 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 mmdb-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mmdb-bin

How To Uninstall mmdb-bin on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mmdb-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mmdb-bin

Uninstall mmdb-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mmdb-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmdb-bin

Remove mmdb-bin Configurations and Data

To remove mmdb-bin configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mmdb-bin

Remove mmdb-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmdb-bin

Dependencies

mmdb-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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