How To Install mod_geoip on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_geoip on Fedora 34.
What is mod_geoip
mod_geoip is an Apache module to look up geolocation information for a client as part of the HTTP request process. It uses the GeoIP library and database to perform the lookup. It is free software, licensed under the Apache license.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_geoip on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_geoip.
Install mod_geoip on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_geoip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_geoip
Install mod_geoip on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_geoip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_geoip
How To Uninstall mod_geoip on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mod_geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_geoip
mod_geoip Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/httpd/conf.d/geoip.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-geoip.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/03446cbd7052928395f8321602ecaebccea867
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_geoip.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_geoip
/usr/share/doc/mod_geoip/Changes
/usr/share/doc/mod_geoip/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/doc/mod_geoip/README.md
/usr/share/doc/mod_geoip/README.php
/usr/share/licenses/mod_geoip
/usr/share/licenses/mod_geoip/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_geoip on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.