How to Install and Uninstall geoipupdate Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "geoipupdate" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall geoipupdate on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: geoipupdate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.6.0-1
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.4-1ubuntu1), golang-github-gofrs-flock (= 0.7.1-2), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-1), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.5-2)
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6177
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32)
Suggests: mmdb-bin
Filename: pool/multiverse/g/geoipupdate/geoipupdate_4.6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1766248
MD5sum: 05bf41cbfc40f5888c82072eb64bd364
SHA1: 0ff22d160ff7f7bcff5b76b0358df4220b8049fd
SHA256: fcc4cd8c423f0a79c90cc2772ed87c32dbd30ccd0792ab0237ee8fc66cf9c33e
SHA512: f62259a104122df2d2bfaeaf7438e6819cfcce91e28858dca2760d4d5a87bff546abc15b12c37a96adcc36955c522f0021700f4cd41fca104e8761391b506ddd
Homepage: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/
Description-en: MaxMind GeoIP/GeoIP2 database updates
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoLite2
binary databases, as supplied by MaxMind. These may be MaxMind's paid
products, or their GeoLite variants that are less accurate but provided
without charge.
Description-md5: 9fbc9f818790a4878914cd7478378239