How to Install and Uninstall geoip-bin Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the geoip-bin on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "geoip-bin" package

Please follow the guidance below to install geoip-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall geoip-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the geoip-bin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: geoip-bin
Source: geoip
Version: 1.6.12-10
Installed-Size: 299
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libgeoip1 (<= 1.4.4.dfsg-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgeoip1 (>= 1.6.12), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libnetaddr-ip-perl
Description: IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library
Description-md5: e058df40dc45f1ddd083b2822302409e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.maxmind.com/
Tag: field::geography, interface::commandline, protocol::ip, role::program,
scope::utility, use::scanning
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/geoip/geoip-bin_1.6.12-10_amd64.deb
Size: 77224
MD5sum: 6f47c257f49404df7d6494d6807b50b3
SHA256: a20c2a7841aa926fd37daaaf57ea41ec7f4a628e6d06a39f3e3e3e4d22ef4505