How To Install lua-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-geoip
lua-geoip is:
This package contains bindings for the GeoIP library for the Lua language. It allows one to find the country and the city that any IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file based database, not reverse DNS lookups.
There are three methods to install lua-geoip 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 lua-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 lua-geoip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-geoip
Install lua-geoip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-geoip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-geoip
Install lua-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 lua-geoip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-geoip
How To Uninstall lua-geoip on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-geoip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-geoip
Uninstall lua-geoip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-geoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-geoip
Remove lua-geoip Configurations and Data
To remove lua-geoip configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-geoip
Remove lua-geoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-geoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-geoip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-geoip package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
