How To Install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7. perl-Geo-IP is Efficient Perl bindings for the GeoIP location database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Geo-IP

This package contains Perl bindings for the GeoIP IP/host-name to country/location/organization database. This package requires Maxmind’s GeoIP libraries but is often faster than other, similar modules.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Geo-IP.

Install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Geo-IP using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Geo-IP

Install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Geo-IP using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Geo-IP

How To Uninstall perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Geo-IP package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Geo-IP

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Geo-IP on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.