How To Install lighttpd-mod-geoip on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-geoip on Kali Linux.
What is lighttpd-mod-geoip
lighttpd-mod-geoip is:
This package contains the geoip module for lighttpd. With this module, it is possible to distinguish users based on the location using a GeoIP database.
This module is deprecated and will be removed in Debian 12 Bookworm. Legacy GeoIP databases will not be available from upstream after May 2022. Instead, use mod_maxminddb, which uses GeoIP2 databases.
There are three methods to install lighttpd-mod-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 lighttpd-mod-geoip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-mod-geoipInstall lighttpd-mod-geoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-geoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lighttpd-mod-geoipInstall lighttpd-mod-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 lighttpd-mod-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-mod-geoipHow To Uninstall lighttpd-mod-geoip on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lighttpd-mod-geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-mod-geoipUninstall lighttpd-mod-geoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lighttpd-mod-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-mod-geoipRemove lighttpd-mod-geoip Configurations and Data
To remove lighttpd-mod-geoip configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-mod-geoipRemove lighttpd-mod-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lighttpd-mod-geoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-mod-geoipDependencies
lighttpd-mod-geoip have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-geoip package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
