How To Install GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8.
What is GeoIP
GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country that any IP address or hostname originates from. It uses file based databases that can optionally be updated on a weekly basis by installing the geoipupdate-cron (IPv4) and/or geoipupdate-cron6 (IPv6) packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GeoIP.
Install GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install GeoIP using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install GeoIP
Install GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install GeoIP using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install GeoIP
How To Uninstall GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the GeoIP package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove GeoIP
GeoIP Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/geoiplookup
/usr/bin/geoiplookup6
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/6ae01401fadaccf2389a3ddb2fe9310d7f6f50
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/2f645cfa96f0edb61f2fe656c3d71507ecae22
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/fa7a265577f72e7d26522d8d21421b45dc9453
/usr/lib64/libGeoIP.so.1
/usr/lib64/libGeoIP.so.1.6.12
/usr/share/doc/GeoIP
/usr/share/doc/GeoIP/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/GeoIP/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/GeoIP/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/GeoIP/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/GeoIP
/usr/share/licenses/GeoIP/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/geoiplookup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/geoiplookup6.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install GeoIP on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.