How To Install GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra on CentOS 8

GeoIP-GeoLite-data-extra is Free GeoLite IP geolocation databases

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.