How To Install geolite2-city on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-city on CentOS 7.
What is geolite2-city
GeoLite2 databases are free IP geolocation databases comparable to, but less accurate than, MaxMind’s GeoIP2 databases. This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from http
We can use yum or dnf to install geolite2-city on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geolite2-city.
Install geolite2-city on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install geolite2-city using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install geolite2-city
Install geolite2-city on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install geolite2-city using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install geolite2-city
How To Uninstall geolite2-city on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the geolite2-city package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove geolite2-city
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geolite2-city on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
