How To Install mod_maxminddb on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_maxminddb on Fedora 36.
What is mod_maxminddb
The mod_maxminddb allows to query MaxMind DB files from the Apache web server using the libmaxminddb library. The MaxMind DB files are provided as free GeoLite2 databases as well as commercial GeoIP2 databases.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_maxminddb on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_maxminddb.
Install mod_maxminddb 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 mod_maxminddb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_maxminddb
Install mod_maxminddb 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 mod_maxminddb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_maxminddb
How To Uninstall mod_maxminddb on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mod_maxminddb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_maxminddb
mod_maxminddb Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/httpd/conf.d/maxminddb.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-maxminddb.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/07ee06cc8901894600596e08b0b8e4a214d25a
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_maxminddb.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_maxminddb
/usr/share/doc/mod_maxminddb/Changes.md
/usr/share/doc/mod_maxminddb/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mod_maxminddb
/usr/share/licenses/mod_maxminddb/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_maxminddb on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).