# Alien::libmaxminddb [DP-IP.com](https://db-ip.com/) and [MaxMind](https://www.maxmind.com/) provide geolocation databases in the MaxMind DB file format format. This Perl module finds or downloads and installs the C library [libmaxminddb](https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb), which can read MaxMind DB files. ## DEPENDENCIES Requires Alien::Build from CPAN. On Windows, Alien::MSYS needs to be installed. Install the package libmaxminddb-devel or libmaxminddb-dev if you would like to use your operating system's libmaxminddb library. ## INSTALLATION The [Open Build Service](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:voegelas/perl-Alien-libmaxminddb) provides binary and source packages. Run the following commands to install the software manually: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Type the following command to see the module usage information: perldoc Alien::libmaxminddb ## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2022 Andreas Vögele This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The libmaxminddb library is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.