# Configure error: GeoIP.h: No such file or directory

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [June 26, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447 "2023-06-26T09:16:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sankarkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@sankarkumar](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sankarkumar)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447/1 "2023-06-26T09:16:15Z")

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I need GeoIP.h file which is provided by GeoIP-devel package in CentOS. But I could not see GeoIP and GeoIP-devel package in Rocky Linux 9.1 repos and also in epel9 repo. Which package will provide GeoIP.h file in Rocky Linux or epel9?

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**Author:** ![lumarel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/lumarel/32/909_2.png) [@lumarel](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/lumarel)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447/2 "2023-06-26T09:19:29Z")

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Hey @sankarkumar,

looks like it was in EPEL 8 previously, but not anymore 🙂

But you can find it in the Remi’s repo!  
[https://rhel.pkgs.org/9/remi-x86\_64/GeoIP-devel-1.6.12-9.el9.remi.x86\_64.rpm.html](https://rhel.pkgs.org/9/remi-x86_64/GeoIP-devel-1.6.12-9.el9.remi.x86_64.rpm.html)  
([https://pkgs.org/search/?q=GeoIP.h](https://pkgs.org/search/?q=GeoIP.h))  
[Rocky Linux Repositories - Rocky Linux Wiki](https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/repo/#community-approved-repositories)

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**Author:** ![remi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/remi/32/1425_2.png) [@remi](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/remi)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447/3 "2023-06-26T09:29:55Z")

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Please notice that GeoIP is considered as deprecated and unmaintained

You should rather use libmaxmindb (aka GeoIP2)

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**Author:** ![sankarkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@sankarkumar](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sankarkumar)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447/4 "2023-06-26T10:29:08Z")

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Thank you @lumarel. I will check this Remi’s repo.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/configure-error-geoip-h-no-such-file-or-directory/10447/5 "2023-08-25T02:59:44Z")

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