How To Install tclgeoip on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclgeoip on Kali Linux.

What is tclgeoip

tclgeoip is:

A Tcl extension for geographic or organisational lookup of IP addresses and hostnames, by implementing bindings to the GeoIP C API. You can use this extension to query Maxmind GeoIP databases.

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

Install tclgeoip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tclgeoip

Install tclgeoip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tclgeoip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tclgeoip

Install tclgeoip Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install tclgeoip

How To Uninstall tclgeoip on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tclgeoip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tclgeoip

Uninstall tclgeoip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tclgeoip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tclgeoip

Remove tclgeoip Configurations and Data

To remove tclgeoip configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tclgeoip

Remove tclgeoip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tclgeoip

Dependencies

tclgeoip have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgeoip1

References

• tclgeoip website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclgeoip package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.