How To Install geolite2-asn on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-asn in Fedora 36. geolite2-asn is Free IP geolocation ASN database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-asn on Fedora 36.

What is `geolite2-asn`

GeoLite2 databases are free IP geolocation databases comparable to, but less accurate than, MaxMind’s GeoIP2 databases. This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http

We can use yum or dnf to install geolite2-asn on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geolite2-asn.

Install geolite2-asn on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geolite2-asn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geolite2-asn

Install geolite2-asn on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geolite2-asn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geolite2-asn

How To Uninstall geolite2-asn on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the geolite2-asn package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geolite2-asn

geolite2-asn Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/GeoIP
/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb
/usr/share/licenses/geolite2-asn
/usr/share/licenses/geolite2-asn/COPYRIGHT.txt
/usr/share/licenses/geolite2-asn/LICENSE.txt

References

geolite2-asn website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-asn on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).