How To Install libgeoip1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip1 on Kali Linux.

What is libgeoip1

libgeoip1 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libgeoip1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgeoip1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeoip1

Install libgeoip1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeoip1

Install libgeoip1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeoip1

How To Uninstall libgeoip1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgeoip1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeoip1

Uninstall libgeoip1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeoip1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeoip1

Remove libgeoip1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgeoip1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeoip1

Remove libgeoip1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeoip1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeoip1

Dependencies

libgeoip1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libgeoip1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.