How to Install and Uninstall geoclue-hostip Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "geoclue-hostip" package

This is a short guide on how to install geoclue-hostip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                geoclue-hostip
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "geoclue-hostip" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall geoclue-hostip on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                geoclue-hostip
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the geoclue-hostip package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: geoclue-hostip
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 65
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team
Original-Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Source: geoclue
Version: 0.12.99-4ubuntu1
Provides: geoclue-provider
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgeoclue0 (>= 0.12.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), geoclue (= 0.12.99-4ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/geoclue/geoclue-hostip_0.12.99-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 5928
MD5sum: 45b66ac9de5705d7474644780f929cf4
SHA1: 879756e581fcace441321c7cc82d22325ca919e9
SHA256: 74d054bcb71a16b3b40c4243f7a4f8407a22db869dcd54c88991652e58c7b226
Description-en: Position server for GeoClue (hostip)
GeoClue provides applications access to various geographical information
sources using a D-Bus API or a C library.
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This package provides a positioning backend for GeoClue.
It uses the IP geolocation database (http://hostip.info).
Description-md5: fb4710da2eb4efb01c61492f16e1aaf2
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu