How to Install and Uninstall libgeoip-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libgeoip-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libgeoip-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgeoip-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgeoip-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libgeoip-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgeoip-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgeoip-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libgeoip-dev
Source: geoip (1.6.12-11)
Version: 1.6.12-11+b1
Installed-Size: 347
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgeoip1 (= 1.6.12-11+b1), geoip-bin (= 1.6.12-11+b1)
Size: 76164
SHA256: 71eb175fd9585a3db2654338bb2ba7d93dc00af7be61e6f0ca3e5f18d9a402f4
SHA1: 130b80bc44a4961064a64147ad8f25e4395a3616
MD5sum: e219559f41ec57f598ed69b4e7049558
Description: Development files for the GeoIP library
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 development files.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.maxmind.com/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, field::geography, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/geoip/libgeoip-dev_1.6.12-11+b1_amd64.deb