How To Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 is:
The ngx_http_geoip2 module is a third-party plugin which creates variables with values from the maxmind geoip2 databases based on the client IP (default) or from a specific variable (supports both IPv4 and IPv6).
Package: libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17.10-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/httpd Source: nginx Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Nginx Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 72 Depends: nginx-common (= 1.17.10-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libmaxminddb0 (>= 1.0.2) Filename: pool/universe/n/nginx/libnginx-mod-http-geoip2_1.17.10-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 11264 MD5sum: 6f335ad2e5cb03a536356340387cccea SHA1: bd038923ae1a72006c44afb964039517a245c6f4 SHA256: 41f1fad86ed9d73bb50035d6b7614470aa763b9c194335789f0b16bd8da33ea4 Homepage: http://nginx.net Description-en: GeoIP HTTP module for Nginx The ngx_http_geoip2 module is a third-party plugin which creates variables with values from the maxmind geoip2 databases based on the client IP (default) or from a specific variable (supports both IPv4 and IPv6).
There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
Install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 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 libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
How To Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
Remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 Configurations and Data
To remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
Remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-http-geoip2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-geoip2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.