How To Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8.
What is GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
The GeoLite databases are free IP geolocation databases. This package contains databases that map IPv6 addresses to countries, plus IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to cities and autonomous system numbers. This product includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from http
We can use yum or dnf to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra.
Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
How To Uninstall GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra
GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNum.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPASNumv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCityv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteASNum.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteASNumv6.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCityv6.dat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.