How To Install python-pygeoip on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pygeoip on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pygeoip is Python API for Maxminds binary GeoIP databases (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygeoip on Debian 10.

What is python-pygeoip

python-pygeoip is:

pygeoip provides a pure Python API for Maxmind’s binary GeoIP databases.

It enables the user to find the country that any IP address or hostname originates from.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-pygeoip on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-pygeoip Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pygeoip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pygeoip

Install python-pygeoip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pygeoip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-pygeoip

Install python-pygeoip 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pygeoip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pygeoip

How To Uninstall python-pygeoip on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-pygeoip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pygeoip

Uninstall python-pygeoip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pygeoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pygeoip

Remove python-pygeoip Configurations and Data

To remove python-pygeoip configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pygeoip

Remove python-pygeoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-pygeoip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pygeoip

Dependencies

python-pygeoip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygeoip package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.