Install geoip-bin on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install geoip-bin

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Quick installation of geoip-bin:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: geoip-bin

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install geoip-bin

Package Details
Package:	geoip-bin
Version:	1.4.8+dfsg-2
Maintainer:	Ubuntu Developers
Home page:	http://www.maxmind.com/
Description:	IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library 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. . This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and countries as values and it should be more complete and accurate than using reverse DNS lookups. . This package contains the command line utilities to resolve the IP numbers using the GeoIP library. Homepage: http://www.maxmind.com/
Distro:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:	net

How to install geoip-bin on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Install geoip-bin on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install geoip-bin

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If geoip-bin is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L geoip-bin' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L geoip-bin
Package `geoip-bin' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$

Installing geoip-bin:

After system update use the following command to install geoip-bin:

sudo apt-get install geoip-bin

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove geoip-bin from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the geoip-bin from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the geoip-bin following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  geoip-bin

Following command is used to remove the geoip-bin package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove geoip-bin

This will remove geoip-bin and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing geoip-bin with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge geoip-bin

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove geoip-bin

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with geoip-bin package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.