How To Install mmdb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmdb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mmdb-bin
mmdb-bin is:
The libmaxminddb library provides a C library for reading MaxMind DB files, including the GeoIP2 databases from MaxMind. This is a custom binary format designed to facilitate fast lookups of IP addresses while allowing for great flexibility in the type of data associated with an address.
The MaxMind DB format is an open format. The spec is available at http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/. This spec is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
This package contains the command line utilities to resolve IPs using the libmaxminddb library.
There are three methods to install mmdb-bin 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 mmdb-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mmdb-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mmdb-bin
Install mmdb-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mmdb-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mmdb-bin
Install mmdb-bin 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 mmdb-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mmdb-bin
How To Uninstall mmdb-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mmdb-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mmdb-bin
Uninstall mmdb-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mmdb-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmdb-bin
Remove mmdb-bin Configurations and Data
To remove mmdb-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mmdb-bin
Remove mmdb-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mmdb-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmdb-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmdb-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
