How to Install and Uninstall geoipupdate Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "geoipupdate" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install geoipupdate on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: geoipupdate
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/net
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.1-1
Replaces: geoip-bin (<< 1.6.1-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: geoip-bin, mmdb-bin
Breaks: geoip-bin (<< 1.6.1-1)
Filename: pool/multiverse/g/geoipupdate/geoipupdate_2.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15806
MD5sum: 8200839320f98f7d95569c4cbe288c6f
SHA1: cca6a677972a876bd5c31f002d0faed21c609fcf
SHA256: 4d61110c699b458472ea4eadee683076a60454eb99cdb5ae9888f9ad21e37447
Description-en: MaxMind GeoIP/GeoIP2 database updates
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy
binary databases, as supplied by MaxMind. These are typically paid products;
for the free GeoLite databases, the packages geoip-database or
geoip-database-contrib can be installed instead.
Description-md5: c71b578e8c3d6fd4f29f6d201507c9a8
Homepage: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoipupdate/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu