How To Install libgeo-ip-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeo-ip-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgeo-ip-perl
libgeo-ip-perl is:
Geo::IP is a Perl external module which provides an interface to GeoIP library.
GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country that any IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file based database that simply contains IP blocks as keys, and countries as values. This database is managed by the GeoIP library package.
There are three methods to install libgeo-ip-perl on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgeo-ip-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeo-ip-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeo-ip-perl
Install libgeo-ip-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeo-ip-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeo-ip-perl
Install libgeo-ip-perl 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 libgeo-ip-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeo-ip-perl
How To Uninstall libgeo-ip-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgeo-ip-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeo-ip-perl
Uninstall libgeo-ip-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeo-ip-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeo-ip-perl
Remove libgeo-ip-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgeo-ip-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeo-ip-perl
Remove libgeo-ip-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeo-ip-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeo-ip-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeo-ip-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.