How To Install libgeoip-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgeoip-dev
libgeoip-dev is:
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.
This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and countries as values and it should be more complete and accurate than using reverse DNS lookups.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libgeoip-dev 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 libgeoip-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeoip-dev
Install libgeoip-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeoip-dev
Install libgeoip-dev 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 libgeoip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeoip-dev
How To Uninstall libgeoip-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgeoip-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeoip-dev
Uninstall libgeoip-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeoip-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeoip-dev
Remove libgeoip-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeoip-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeoip-dev
Remove libgeoip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeoip-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeoip-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
