How To Install syslog-ng-geoip on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-geoip in Fedora 36. syslog-ng-geoip is GeoIP support for syslog-ng

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-geoip on Fedora 36.

What is `syslog-ng-geoip`

This template function returns the 2-letter country code of any IPv4 address or host.

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

Install syslog-ng-geoip 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 syslog-ng-geoip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslog-ng-geoip

Install syslog-ng-geoip 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 syslog-ng-geoip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslog-ng-geoip

How To Uninstall syslog-ng-geoip on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the syslog-ng-geoip package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove syslog-ng-geoip

syslog-ng-geoip Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/328a63e130b52f242a9710ef4bd7f3e5f2b721
/usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libgeoip2-plugin.so

References

syslog-ng-geoip website

Summary

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