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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "geoip-database" package

This is a short guide on how to install geoip-database on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall geoip-database on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: geoip-database
Version: 20230203-1
Installed-Size: 7904
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: all
Recommends: libgeoip1
Description: IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database)
Description-md5: 3bfa5b4c9f973261799fb4d9355f3b6c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://mailfud.org/geoip-legacy/
Tag: field::geography, role::app-data
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/geoip-database/geoip-database_20230203-1_all.deb
Size: 2221668
MD5sum: 5745c710f5ebb7e4c9dcfecca5fa90ca
SHA256: 506dc723f1ac0f5f9e1de6b0df8c0f9721bb58bce253d21040efadd0f25f01f7