How To Install IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install IP2Location-libs in AlmaLinux 8. IP2Location-libs is C library for mapping IP address to geolocation information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8.

What is IP2Location-libs

IP2Location C library enables the user to get the country, region, city, coordinates, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, area code, weather info, mobile carrier, elevation, usage type, address type and category from any IP address or hostname. This library has been optimized for speed and memory utilization. The library contains API to query all IP2Location LITE and commercial binary databases.

We can use yum or dnf to install IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install IP2Location-libs.

Install IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install IP2Location-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install IP2Location-libs

Install IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install IP2Location-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install IP2Location-libs

How To Uninstall IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the IP2Location-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove IP2Location-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install IP2Location-libs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.