MaxMind’s GeoIP C api is used by various programs to map IP address to locations .
Here is the procedure to install this :
Download the latest source from http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/
mkdir /usr/local/geoip
./configure –prefix=/usr/local/geoip –exec-prefix=/usr/local/geoip
make
make install
Now we have to make the system loader load the shared libraries
Add the following to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/geoip.conf
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cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/geoip.conf
/usr/local/geoip/lib
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ldconfig
If all goes well , you should have [...]