How To Install geoip-database on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoip-database on Kali Linux.

What is geoip-database

geoip-database is:

GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country that any IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file based database.

This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and countries as values and it should be more complete and accurate than using reverse DNS lookups.

This package contains the free GeoLiteCountry database.

There are three methods to install geoip-database on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install geoip-database Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install geoip-database using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install geoip-database

Install geoip-database Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install geoip-database using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install geoip-database

Install geoip-database Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install geoip-database using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geoip-database

How To Uninstall geoip-database on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove geoip-database

Uninstall geoip-database And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geoip-database and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoip-database

Remove geoip-database Configurations and Data

To remove geoip-database configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geoip-database

Remove geoip-database configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove geoip-database configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoip-database

Dependencies

geoip-database have the following dependencies:

References

• geoip-database website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoip-database package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.