geoip-database software package provides IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) 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
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | geoip-database |
| Version | 20160812-1 |
| Description | IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database) |
| Sub Section | Net |
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