How To Install geoipupdate on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoipupdate on Kali Linux.

What is geoipupdate

geoipupdate is:

The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 binary databases, as supplied by MaxMind. These may be MaxMind’s paid products, or their GeoLite variants that are less accurate but provided without charge.

There are three methods to install geoipupdate 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 geoipupdate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install geoipupdate

Install geoipupdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geoipupdate

Install geoipupdate 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 geoipupdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geoipupdate

How To Uninstall geoipupdate on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the geoipupdate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geoipupdate

Uninstall geoipupdate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoipupdate

Remove geoipupdate Configurations and Data

To remove geoipupdate configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geoipupdate

Remove geoipupdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geoipupdate

Dependencies

geoipupdate have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• geoipupdate website

Summary

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