How to Install and Uninstall geoip-database-contrib Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "geoip-database-contrib" package

Please follow the steps below to install geoip-database-contrib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                geoip-database-contrib
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "geoip-database-contrib" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall geoip-database-contrib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: geoip-database-contrib
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/net
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ludovico Cavedon
Architecture: all
Version: 1.18
Replaces: geoip-database, geoip-database-extra
Provides: geoip-database, geoip-database-extra
Depends: wget, ucf (>= 0.28), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: cron-daemon
Conflicts: geoip-database, geoip-database-extra
Filename: pool/multiverse/g/geoip-database-contrib/geoip-database-contrib_1.18_all.deb
Size: 10502
MD5sum: fd982a69ecc6a08ac50da8e29efc89b4
SHA1: a26dfac94f6f22f81ed4193aa5afc3b5622540b5
SHA256: 71fa0200657d1dc4d267c76e2b3e3bc07bbf606e8753522b02ea7e7b9de2d861
Description-en: GeoLite binary database (downloader)
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 package contains a script that downloads the latest version of the binary
flavor of the four MaxMind GeoLite databases (Country, IPv6 Country, City, and
ASN).
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These databases simply contain IP blocks as keys, and countries/cities/ASNs as
values, which should be more complete and accurate than using reverse DNS
lookups.
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The MaxMind database itself is made available under a DFSG-compatible license.
However, it is distributed directly in binary format and the source code for
generating it is not provided.
Description-md5: c541c2b0d4009901053ae4837abb41bc
Homepage: http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu