How to Install and Uninstall GeoIP.i686 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "GeoIP.i686" package

Please follow the instructions below to install GeoIP.i686 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                GeoIP.i686
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "GeoIP.i686" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall GeoIP.i686 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                GeoIP.i686
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the GeoIP.i686 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : GeoIP
Arch : i686
Version : 1.5.0
Release : 11.amzn2.0.2
Size : 1.1 M
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Library for country/city/organization to IP address or hostname
: mapping
URL : http://www.maxmind.com/app/c
License : LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and CC-BY-SA
Description : GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country
: that any IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file
: based database that is accurate as of June 2007 and can optionally
: be updated on a weekly basis by installing the GeoIP-update
: package. This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and
: countries as values. This database should be more complete and
: accurate than using reverse DNS lookups.
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: This package includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available
: from http://www.maxmind.com/