How to install MaxMind GeoIP API?

Question

I tried downloading the C API and installing it just like the instructions say, except adding " --prefix=$HOME" to the ./configure command.

After that, the make install command failed with these errors:

libtool: install: error: cannot install `libGeoIPUpdate.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/local/lib
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dor/GeoIP-1.4.6/libGeoIP'
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dor/GeoIP-1.4.6/libGeoIP'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

What should I do? How did you install GeoIP in your account?

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Glad you worked it out! I'm going to post the answer here just to avoid having to jump to the forum for future reference:

First, install the C API:

mkdir -p ~/src ~/bin ~/lib/python2.7
cd ~/src
wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/GeoIP.tar.gz
tar zxf GeoIP.tar.gz 
cd GeoIP-1.4.8/
./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install

Then install the Python binding:

CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/include" LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/lib" easy_install-2.7 http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/python/GeoIP-Python-latest.tar.gz

Since the libraries are in your $HOME/lib directory, you need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH whenever you invoke Python to use the library, eg:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/lib python2.7

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answered 27 Oct '10, 14:35

seanf
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edited 18 Jun '13, 17:35

For anyone trying to install with Apache and/or Django, after following these instructions, you can edit $HOME/webapps/<app>/apache/bin/start and change LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/<username>/webapps/<app>/apache2/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/<username>/lib:/home/<username>/webapps/<app>/apache2/lib. Now you can import GeoIP from python in the apache process. To use Django's wrapper, in settings.py create GEOIP_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/<username>/lib/libGeoIP.so" and now you can from django.contrib.gis.geoip import GeoIP.

(27 Jun '12, 12:07) Carl G

Answer 2

0	Guys, Thanks for the great instructions. Message to others: If you are doing this, you also need seanf's bit at the end about `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` and `GEOIP_LIBRARY_PATH`. Ta. permanent link answered 24 Nov '12, 15:37 JHickson 1●1 accept rate: 0% edited 24 Nov '12, 15:48

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