How To Install knot-module-geoip on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install knot-module-geoip on Debian 12.
What is knot-module-geoip
knot-module-geoip is:
Knot DNS is a fast, authoritative only, high performance, feature full and open source name server.
Knot DNS is developed by CZ.NIC Labs, the R&D department of .CZ registry and hence is well suited to run anything from the root zone, the top-level domain, to many smaller standard domain names.
This package contains geoip module for geography-based responses.
There are three methods to install knot-module-geoip on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install knot-module-geoip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install knot-module-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install knot-module-geoip
Install knot-module-geoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install knot-module-geoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install knot-module-geoip
Install knot-module-geoip 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install knot-module-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install knot-module-geoip
How To Uninstall knot-module-geoip on Debian 12
To uninstall only the knot-module-geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove knot-module-geoip
Uninstall knot-module-geoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall knot-module-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove knot-module-geoip
Remove knot-module-geoip Configurations and Data
To remove knot-module-geoip configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge knot-module-geoip
Remove knot-module-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove knot-module-geoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge knot-module-geoip
Dependencies
knot-module-geoip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install knot-module-geoip package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
