How To Install libmaxminddb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 libmaxminddb-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 libmaxminddb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmaxminddb-dev
Install libmaxminddb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmaxminddb-dev
Install libmaxminddb-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 libmaxminddb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmaxminddb-dev
How To Uninstall libmaxminddb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmaxminddb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmaxminddb-dev
Uninstall libmaxminddb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmaxminddb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxminddb-dev
Remove libmaxminddb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmaxminddb-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmaxminddb-dev
Remove 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-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
