How To Install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8. python3-geoip2 is MaxMind GeoIP2 API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-geoip2

This package provides an API for the GeoIP2 web services.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-geoip2.

Install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-geoip2

Install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install python3-geoip2

How To Uninstall python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-geoip2

python3-geoip2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2-2.9.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2-2.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2-2.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2-2.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2-2.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2-2.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/database.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/database.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/errors.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/errors.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/mixins.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/mixins.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/models.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/models.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/records.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/records.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/webservice.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/__pycache__/webservice.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/database.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/errors.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/mixins.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/models.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/records.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/geoip2/webservice.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-geoip2
/usr/share/doc/python3-geoip2/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-geoip2
/usr/share/licenses/python3-geoip2/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-geoip2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.