How To Install tclgeoip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tclgeoip on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tclgeoip
tclgeoip is:
A Tcl extension for geographic or organisational lookup of IP addresses and hostnames, by implementing bindings to the GeoIP C API. You can use this extension to query Maxmind GeoIP databases.
There are three methods to install tclgeoip 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 tclgeoip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tclgeoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tclgeoip
Install tclgeoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tclgeoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tclgeoip
Install tclgeoip 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 tclgeoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tclgeoip
How To Uninstall tclgeoip on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tclgeoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tclgeoip
Uninstall tclgeoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tclgeoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tclgeoip
Remove tclgeoip Configurations and Data
To remove tclgeoip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tclgeoip
Remove tclgeoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tclgeoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tclgeoip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tclgeoip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
