How To Install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geoipupdate
geoipupdate is:
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy binary databases, as supplied by MaxMind. These may be MaxMind’s paid products, or their GeoLite variants that are less accurate but freely available to everyone without a subscription or registration.
There are three methods to install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geoipupdate
Remove geoipupdate Configurations and Data
To remove geoipupdate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geoipupdate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
