How To Install lighttpd-mod-geoip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-geoip on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: lighttpd-mod-geoip Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.4.55-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/httpd Source: lighttpd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian lighttpd maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 95 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgeoip1 (>= 1.6.12), lighttpd (= 1.4.55-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-geoip_1.4.55-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 6404 MD5sum: eb2ab1390222167a2375480e8c23df2f SHA1: b91222247d41723d01a50f2d7aa7951eaf9ebc9a SHA256: 0c8b9edf71ba6f01555ce29dab8c7ac03791872309ad80abd0571091d7cc2c14 Homepage: https://www.lighttpd.net/ Description-en: GeoIP restrictions for lighttpd 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.
There are three methods to install lighttpd-mod-geoip 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 lighttpd-mod-geoip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-mod-geoip
Install lighttpd-mod-geoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-geoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lighttpd-mod-geoip
Install lighttpd-mod-geoip 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 lighttpd-mod-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-mod-geoip
How To Uninstall lighttpd-mod-geoip on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lighttpd-mod-geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-mod-geoip
Uninstall lighttpd-mod-geoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lighttpd-mod-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-mod-geoip
Remove lighttpd-mod-geoip Configurations and Data
To remove lighttpd-mod-geoip configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-mod-geoip
Remove 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-geoip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-geoip package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.