Installing GeoIP on Redhat x86_64 es5 with no success?

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I am trying to install GeoIP on my Redhat x86_64 es5 but im getting errors. The packages im trying to install is:

GeoIP-1.4.7-0.2.20090931cvs.rhel5.x86_64.rpm

GeoIP-devel-1.4.7-0.2.20090931cvs.rhel5.x86_64.rpm

And I get this warning: "warning: GeoIP-devel-1.4.7-0.2.20090931cvs.rhel5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b56a8bac". I have done a google search and people say that I can install it with "yum install GeoIP GeoIP-devel GeoIP-data", but running that gives me a no package available notice.

Is there a kind soul out there that could assist? If you cant, please up vote this so that someone that might will see it!

Get EPEL installed. Then "yum install GeoIP-devel GeoIP-data", then go to WHM, Module Installer, Click on Pecl, search for GeoIP and install. Then install the C library by following this simply guide http://forum.tufat.com/showthread.php?t=60851 — Peter Johansson, Nov 15 '10 at 12:53

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '10 at 20:04

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Those are warnings; receiving them does not indicate that the install failed.

Anyways, it's in EPEL.

answered Nov 14 '10 at 20:04

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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Sorry could you elaborate on EPEL? – Peter Johansson Nov 14 '10 at 20:06
Also, why didnt "yum install GeoIP GeoIP-devel GeoIP-data" work? – Peter Johansson Nov 14 '10 at 20:06
Have you read the article behind the link yet? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 14 '10 at 20:06
Because it's not in the RHEL repositories. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 14 '10 at 20:07
I am trying to make sense of it. Appreciate that I am not that experienced with this, I have mainly followed tutorials to setup my server so my knowledge is limited. Could you please enlight me with what I would need to do? – Peter Johansson Nov 14 '10 at 20:09
First you click on "How to use EPEL". Then you follow the directions. Then you can use yum to install packages from it. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 14 '10 at 20:13
And if you dont mind, where can I see which versions of the geoip-devel I have installed? How do I uninstall one of them? I installed an early version of it and it is saying that it is conflicting with the new one. – Peter Johansson Nov 14 '10 at 20:17
`yum list somepackage` will show you all packages with that name, installed or available. `yum remove somepackage` will remove a package and all other packages that depend on it. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 14 '10 at 20:21
Just to note, these instructions helped me do a yum installation of GeoIP, cheers buddy. – Peter Johansson Nov 15 '10 at 12:07

Arenstar · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-15T11:50:10.743

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I have previously used this for the same packages.. (EPEL)

rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

To search for correct packages try..

yum search geoip

Then simply installing should be as you already have been answered..

Note: when installing the EPEL.. accept the GPG key ( so you dont need to do it on every install)

How do I know that a package is a EPEL package????

All EPEL packages are signed with the EPEL gpg-key. The public key with id 217521F6 is part of the epel-release package; yum will ask you to import it the first time you install a EPEL package.

edited Nov 15 '10 at 11:50

answered Nov 14 '10 at 20:19

Arenstar

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Thank you for this helpful respond. Could you please elaborate on exactly how I accept the GPG key? – Peter Johansson Nov 15 '10 at 11:47
It should be a yes or no question ??? are you not offered this choice? – Arenstar Nov 15 '10 at 11:49
Just to note, these instructions helped me do a yum installation of GeoIP, cheers buddy. – Peter Johansson Nov 15 '10 at 12:15
Yes I did get a Yes/No option, but it didnt save it thought. But that is fine, the only thing I got left to install is memcache so choosing Yes another time should not hurt ;) – Peter Johansson Nov 15 '10 at 12:16
Great. so the problem is solved??? :D .. Glad to help... – Arenstar Nov 15 '10 at 12:33
Yes it is. Pain in the ass to install the GeoIP to be honest, but all good now. The EPEL installation helped! – Peter Johansson Nov 15 '10 at 12:51

Installing GeoIP on Redhat x86_64 es5 with no success?

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