How to Install and Uninstall libmaxminddb-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libmaxminddb-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libmaxminddb-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmaxminddb-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmaxminddb-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libmaxminddb-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libmaxminddb-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Architecture: amd64
Source: libmaxminddb
Version: 1.0.4-2.1
Depends: libmaxminddb0 (= 1.0.4-2.1)
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-dev_1.0.4-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 14234
MD5sum: 7f8671478bb1b82b37aed9ad4e2dbcf7
SHA1: 9d6a6b11c072024a20328127922e8543beb2f9a9
SHA256: 47fbd19c1a78b3dd63dafeac22d6a05940749aeb2b54d2c52229cf08b865bd22
Description-en: IP geolocation database library (development headers)
The libmaxminddb library provides a C library for reading MaxMind DB files,
including the GeoIP2 databases from MaxMind. This is a custom binary format
designed to facilitate fast lookups of IP addresses while allowing for great
flexibility in the type of data associated with an address.
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The MaxMind DB format is an open format. The spec is available at
http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/. This spec is licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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This package contains the development files for the libmaxminddb library.
Description-md5: 95999effe62372cd1092f3744445e4e4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://maxmind.github.io/libmaxminddb/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu