How to Install and Uninstall geoip-database Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "geoip-database" package

Please follow the instructions below to install geoip-database on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: geoip-database
Version: 20240219-1
Installed-Size: 8788
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: all
Recommends: libgeoip1
Size: 2497300
SHA256: 7a24063454b436c8270d6b6e0a23911b0d1c42183442d4b39bb91f6c9ae14790
SHA1: ab6cb273368d5781affb11512709ec93a3798d63
MD5sum: cbaae3c87ed3fe3dc9dc3a16b671b058
Description: IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database)
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.
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This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and countries as values and
it should be more complete and accurate than using reverse DNS lookups.
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This package contains the free GeoLiteCountry database.
Description-md5:
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_20240219-1_all.deb