How To Install python3-geoip2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-geoip2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-geoip2 is Python geoip2 API for web services and databases - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-geoip2 on Debian 10.

What is python3-geoip2

python3-geoip2 is:

This package provides an API for the GeoIP2 web services and databases. The API also works with MaxMind??s free GeoLite2 databases.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

There are three methods to install python3-geoip2 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 python3-geoip2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-geoip2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-geoip2

Install python3-geoip2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-geoip2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-geoip2

Install python3-geoip2 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 python3-geoip2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-geoip2

How To Uninstall python3-geoip2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-geoip2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-geoip2

Uninstall python3-geoip2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-geoip2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-geoip2

Remove python3-geoip2 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-geoip2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-geoip2

Remove python3-geoip2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-geoip2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-geoip2

Dependencies

python3-geoip2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-geoip2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.