How to Install and Uninstall geoipupdate Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "geoipupdate" package

This is a short guide on how to install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: geoipupdate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.6-2
Built-Using: golang-1.12 (= 1.12.12-1ubuntu1), golang-github-gofrs-flock (= 0.7.1-2), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.8.1-1), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.3-1)
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7163
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: mmdb-bin, geoip-bin
Filename: pool/multiverse/g/geoipupdate/geoipupdate_4.0.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1870232
MD5sum: 3af87e2f0fb0c024a481d11f0055f86c
SHA1: 5142bbca6d7420b468360d1a575df11d1fe49c5b
SHA256: 01580471e83f98497a58030ef599f8edc060ac818484a681127f15a6a9b3aaaa
SHA512: f2ada2215971c3a52e39056668a57d2c1bd6787e975c1e014457ed02b37bd89b9619732d316fa484559206bfcd9a90f3ac6640a5e04420a8bb34c32ea6f391bf
Homepage: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/
Description-en: MaxMind GeoIP/GeoIP2 database updates
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2, GeoLite2 and
GeoIP Legacy binary databases, as supplied by MaxMind. These may be MaxMind's
paid products, or their GeoLite variants that are less accurate but freely
available to everyone without a subscription or registration.
Description-md5: a2895a6c38b02d5ac71cd58cfa2dec0f