How To Install python-geoip on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-geoip on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-geoip is Python bindings for the GeoIP IP-to-country resolver library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-geoip on Debian 10.

What is python-geoip

python-geoip is:

GeoIP is a library that enables the user to find the country that any IP address or hostname originates from, using a database instead of DNS.

This package contains the Python bindings for GeoIP, allowing to use this library within a Python program.

There are three methods to install python-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 python-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 python-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-geoip

Install python-geoip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-geoip

Install python-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 python-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-geoip

How To Uninstall python-geoip on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-geoip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-geoip

Uninstall python-geoip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-geoip

Remove python-geoip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-geoip

Remove python-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-geoip

Dependencies

python-geoip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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