How To Install libmaxminddb0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb0 on Kali Linux.

What is libmaxminddb0

libmaxminddb0 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.

There are three methods to install libmaxminddb0 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 libmaxminddb0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmaxminddb0

Install libmaxminddb0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaxminddb0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmaxminddb0

Install libmaxminddb0 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 libmaxminddb0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaxminddb0

How To Uninstall libmaxminddb0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmaxminddb0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaxminddb0

Uninstall libmaxminddb0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmaxminddb0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxminddb0

Remove libmaxminddb0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmaxminddb0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaxminddb0

Remove libmaxminddb0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmaxminddb0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaxminddb0

Dependencies

libmaxminddb0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libmaxminddb0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.