How to Install and Uninstall geoip-database Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "geoip-database" package

Please follow the guidance below to install geoip-database on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                geoip-database
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "geoip-database" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall geoip-database on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                geoip-database
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the geoip-database package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: geoip-database
Version: 20181108-1
Installed-Size: 7925
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: all
Recommends: libgeoip1
Description: IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database)
Description-md5: 3bfa5b4c9f973261799fb4d9355f3b6c
Homepage: http://www.maxmind.com/
Tag: field::geography, role::app-data
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/geoip-database/geoip-database_20181108-1_all.deb
Size: 2449376
MD5sum: 88e6f9e56ca04d7acac2c4c349b8a02c
SHA256: fdae966bf7536b1abf58f45c92d4023c83f50dbe4772cff58a2377c3df7735c9