How To Install libmaxminddb0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libmaxminddb0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmaxminddb0
How To Uninstall libmaxminddb0 on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxminddb0
Remove libmaxminddb0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmaxminddb0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxminddb0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
