Information about the package, python-pygeoip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-pygeoip package is designed for, Pure Python GeoIP API.
Package Name:
python-pygeoip
Summary:
Pure Python GeoIP API
Description:
Pure Python GeoIP API based on MaxMind's C-based Python API but the code itself is ported from the Pure PHP GeoIP API. Create your GeoIP instance with appropriate access flag. `STANDARD` reads data from disk when needed, `MEMORY_CACHE` loads database into memory on instantiation and `MMAP_CACHE` loads database into memory using mmap. import pygeoip gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/share/geoip/GeoIP.dat', pygeoip.MEMORY_CACHE) Country lookup >>> gi.country_code_by_name('google.com') 'US' >>> gi.country_code_by_addr('64.233.161.99') 'US' >>> gi.country_name_by_addr('64.233.161.99') 'United States' City lookup >>> gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/share/geoip/GeoLiteCity.dat') >>> gi.record_by_addr('64.233.161.99') { 'city': 'Mountain View', 'region_name': 'CA', 'area_code': 650, 'longitude': -122.0574, 'country_code3': 'USA', 'latitude': 37.419199999999989, 'postal_code': '94043', 'dma_code': 807, 'country_code': 'US', 'country_name': 'United States' } >>> gi.time_zone_by_addr('64.233.161.99') 'America/Los_Angeles' For more information, check out the full API documentation at http://packages.python.org/pygeoip.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.2.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
102 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3+
Control the python-pygeoip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-pygeoip
This command will install python-pygeoip on the server.
yum remove python-pygeoip
This command will un-install python-pygeoip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-pygeoip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-pygeoip
This command will un-install python-pygeoip on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove python-pygeoip when using the -y flag.
yum update python-pygeoip
This command will update python-pygeoip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-pygeoip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-pygeoip
This command will update python-pygeoip to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove python-pygeoip when using the -y flag.
yum info python-pygeoip
This command will show you core information about the python-pygeoip package.
yum deplist python-pygeoip
This command will show you the dependencies for python-pygeoip. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update python-pygeoip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-pygeoip. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.