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GeoIP Update
Deprecation Notice
This is the repository for the deprecated C version of geoipupdate. For the new version as well as to report issues related to C version, please visit the new repository.
Description
The GeoIP Update program performs automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy binary databases. CSV databases are not supported.
Currently the program only supports Linux and other Unix-like systems.
Installing on Ubuntu
MaxMind provides a PPA for recent version of Ubuntu. To add the PPA to your sources, run:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maxmind/ppa
Then install geoipupdate
by running:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install geoipupdate
Installing From Source File
To install this from the source package, you will need a C compiler, Make, the zlib library and headers, and the curl library and headers.
On Debian or Ubuntu, you can install these dependencies by running:
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev
On Centos 7 or RHEL 7, you can install these dependencies by running:
$ sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
$ sudo yum install libcurl-devel zlib-devel
Once you have the necessary dependencies, run the following commands:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
The configure
script takes the standard options to set where files are
installed such as --prefix
, etc. See ./configure --help
for details.
Installing From GitHub
To install from Git, you will need automake, autoconf, and libtool installed.
Our public git repository is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate-legacy
You can clone this repository and bootstrap it by running:
$ git clone https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate-legacy
$ cd geoipupdate-legacy
$ ./bootstrap
Then follow the instructions above for "Installing From Source Files".
Configuring
Please see our online guide for directions on how to configure GeoIP Update.
Bug Reports
Please report bugs by filing an issue with our GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate-legacy/issues
License
This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.
Copyright
This software is Copyright (c) 2014 - 2018 by MaxMind, Inc.