How to Install and Uninstall geoipupdate Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "geoipupdate" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                geoipupdate
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "geoipupdate" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall geoipupdate on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                geoipupdate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the geoipupdate package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: geoipupdate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 59
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: mmdb-bin, geoip-bin
Filename: pool/multiverse/g/geoipupdate/geoipupdate_2.5.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 18376
MD5sum: 9cefc6fc671872a36fa7fa03270cc254
SHA1: 4884544e54e0b4a2d4837c821676c27647359085
SHA256: 44d3e8fe95dbc2f03c93b297c768f3c83a4a2360c726191e54e49f6bedf0fd1d
Homepage: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/
Description: MaxMind GeoIP/GeoIP2 database updates
Description-md5: 24dd30eb593cc270a716e39934f6cd39