How To Install python-GeoIP on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-GeoIP on CentOS 7.
What is python-GeoIP
This package contains the Python bindings for the GeoIP API, allowing IP to location lookups to country, city and organization level within Python code.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-GeoIP on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-GeoIP.
Install python-GeoIP on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-GeoIP using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-GeoIP
Install python-GeoIP 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 python-GeoIP using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-GeoIP
How To Uninstall python-GeoIP on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-GeoIP package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-GeoIP
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-GeoIP on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
