# Install geoipupdate with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop

Automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases. Version 8.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install geoipupdate.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:geoipupdate
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/geoipupdate/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: geoipupdate from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geoipupdate from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/geoipupdate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: geoipupdate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: geoipupdate from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/geoipupdate
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/geoipupdate.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:geoipupdate
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 8.0.0
- **Source summary:** Automatic updates of GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy databases
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T22:32:34Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- geoipupdate (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 8.0.0
## Project history and usage

GeoIP Update is MaxMind's command-line client for automatically downloading GeoIP and GeoLite binary databases. It is tied to MaxMind's database distribution model: users configure account credentials and edition IDs in `GeoIP.conf`, then run `geoipupdate` manually, from cron, in containers, or through package-manager installs.

### Project history

The maintained public repository describes GeoIP Update as code for updating GeoIP databases and records MaxMind copyright beginning in 2018. MaxMind's upgrade documentation says version 4.x, released in 2019, was a rewrite of the older `geoipupdate` codebase while preserving the same core behavior and configuration-file format.

The v4 rewrite added broader platform support, notably Windows, and changed security expectations inherited from older 2.x and 3.x deployments: HTTPS and certificate verification became mandatory, and paid database downloads required both account ID and license key.

### Adoption history

GeoIP Update is the recommended MaxMind path for users of binary GeoIP and GeoLite databases. Official installation instructions cover Linux tarballs, Ubuntu PPA packages, Debian packages, RPM packages, macOS tarballs, Homebrew, Windows zip distributions, Docker, Proto, and Go source installs.

### How it is used

Practitioners use GeoIP Update to keep local MaxMind binary databases fresh for web analytics, fraud detection, network policy, logging, and geolocation services. The configuration file stores account ID, license key, and edition IDs, and Unix deployments commonly automate the command with cron so local `.mmdb` files are refreshed without application code handling MaxMind download details.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, GeoIP Update is a classic operational CLI: the executable is small, but correct packaging depends on default config paths, credential-file handling, cron or service integration, TLS behavior, and platform-specific install conventions. It is also a bridge between package managers and licensed data distribution rather than a normal static data package.

### Timeline

- 2018: The maintained repository records MaxMind copyright beginning in 2018.
- 2019: Version 4.x was released as a rewrite from a modern code base.
- 2024: MaxMind began using R2 presigned URLs for database downloads.

### Related projects

- GeoIP Update belongs to MaxMind's GeoIP and GeoLite ecosystem, alongside MaxMind binary databases, CSV database downloads, Docker images, and the MMDB database format.

### Sources

- <https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases/>
- <https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/upgrading-geoip-update/>
- <https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /usr/local/etc/GeoIP.conf, /etc/GeoIP.conf
- Windows: C:\ProgramData\MaxMind\GeoIPUpdate\GeoIP.conf

## Credential files

- Unix: /usr/local/etc/GeoIP.conf, /etc/GeoIP.conf
- Windows: C:\ProgramData\MaxMind\GeoIPUpdate\GeoIP.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - geoipupdate - 7.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: geoipupdate from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MaxMind GeoIP/GeoIP2 database updates | https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases
- Nix - geoipupdate: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/geoipupdate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - geoipupdate - 6.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: geoipupdate from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MaxMind GeoIP/GeoIP2 database updates | https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases
- dnf - geoipupdate - 8.0.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geoipupdate from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Update GeoIP2 binary databases from MaxMind | https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
- dnf - geoipupdate-cron - 8.0.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geoipupdate-cron from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Cron job to do weekly updates of GeoIP databases | https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
- pacman - geoipupdate - 8.0.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: geoipupdate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Update GeoIP2 and GeoIP Legacy binary databases from MaxMind | https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
- zypper - geoipupdate - 8.0.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: geoipupdate from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | GeoIP update client code | https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
- zypper - geoipupdate-legacy - 8.0.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: geoipupdate-legacy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | GeoIP Lagacy Format Updater | https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
- MacPorts - geoipupdate: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/geoipupdate/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/geoipupdate: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/geoipupdate.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/geoipupdate.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/geoipupdate.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph