How To Install libgeoip2-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip2-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libgeoip2-perl

libgeoip2-perl is:

GeoIP2 provides an API to version 2 of MaxMinds high-precision IP geo- location web services and databases. It also works with the free and downloadable GeoLite2 databases. This is the Perl implementation of this API.

For up to 100x faster database access make sure the recommended libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl package is installed as well.

There are three methods to install libgeoip2-perl 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 libgeoip2-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 libgeoip2-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeoip2-perl

Install libgeoip2-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoip2-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeoip2-perl

Install libgeoip2-perl 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 libgeoip2-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeoip2-perl

How To Uninstall libgeoip2-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgeoip2-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeoip2-perl

Uninstall libgeoip2-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeoip2-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeoip2-perl

Remove libgeoip2-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libgeoip2-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeoip2-perl

Remove libgeoip2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeoip2-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeoip2-perl

Dependencies

libgeoip2-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libdata-validate-ip-perl
• libhttp-message-perl
• libjson-maybexs-perl
• liblist-someutils-perl
• liblwp-protocol-https-perl
• libmaxmind-db-reader-perl
• libmoo-perl
• libnamespace-clean-perl
• libparams-validate-perl
• libsub-quote-perl
• libthrowable-perl
• libtry-tiny-perl
• liburi-perl
• libwww-perl

References

• libgeoip2-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoip2-perl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.