How To Install geoipupdate on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoipupdate on AlmaLinux 8.
What is geoipupdate
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy binary databases.
We can use yum or dnf to install geoipupdate on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geoipupdate.
Install geoipupdate 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 geoipupdate using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install geoipupdate
Install geoipupdate 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 geoipupdate using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install geoipupdate
How To Uninstall geoipupdate on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the geoipupdate package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove geoipupdate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoipupdate on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
