How to Install geoip-database software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install geoip-database software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

geoip-database software package provides IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install geoip-database 

geoip-database is installed in your system.

Make ensure the geoip-database package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep geoip-database *

You will get with geoip-database package name, version, architecture and description in a table

geoip-database package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package geoip-database
Version 20140313-1
Description IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database)
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove geoip-database software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?