How To Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Kali Linux.
What is libnginx-mod-http-geoip
libnginx-mod-http-geoip is:
The ngx_http_geoip module creates variables with values depending on the client IP address, using the precompiled MaxMind databases.
Those variables include country, region, city, latitude, longitude, postal code, etc.
There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip 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 libnginx-mod-http-geoip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoipInstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-geoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoipInstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip 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 libnginx-mod-http-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoipHow To Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-http-geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-http-geoipUninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-http-geoipRemove libnginx-mod-http-geoip Configurations and Data
To remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-http-geoipRemove libnginx-mod-http-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-http-geoipDependencies
libnginx-mod-http-geoip have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.