How To Install libmaxminddb-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmaxminddb-dev
libmaxminddb-dev is:
The libmaxminddb library provides a C library for reading MaxMind DB files, including the GeoIP2 databases from MaxMind. This is a custom binary format designed to facilitate fast lookups of IP addresses while allowing for great flexibility in the type of data associated with an address.
The MaxMind DB format is an open format. The spec is available at http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/. This spec is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
This package contains the development files for the libmaxminddb library.
There are three methods to install libmaxminddb-dev 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 libmaxminddb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmaxminddb-devInstall libmaxminddb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmaxminddb-devInstall libmaxminddb-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmaxminddb-devHow To Uninstall libmaxminddb-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmaxminddb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmaxminddb-devUninstall libmaxminddb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmaxminddb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxminddb-devRemove libmaxminddb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmaxminddb-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmaxminddb-devRemove libmaxminddb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmaxminddb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaxminddb-devDependencies
libmaxminddb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
