How To Install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7. libmaxminddb is C library for the MaxMind DB file format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7.

What is libmaxminddb

The package contains libmaxminddb library. The package contains libmaxminddb library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmaxminddb.

Install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmaxminddb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmaxminddb

Install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmaxminddb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmaxminddb

How To Uninstall libmaxminddb on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libmaxminddb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.