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</para>
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<para>
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This database itself can be obtained on a free or commercial basis
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- <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location">here</ulink>. The
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+ <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location">here</ulink>. The
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library that interfaces with the Max Mind API, as well as scripts to
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automate downloading of the on-disk version of the open-source
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database is also packaged by the Debian Linux distribution and
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its derivatives as <emphasis>libgeoip</emphasis>, and probably by
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other distributions as well.
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</para>
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+ <para>
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+ Debian Linux squeeze includes already a database as dependency, but as
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+ this contain the wrong data, it will not work correctly with the module.
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+ More acurate, the module expect the <emphasis>GeoIP City Edition</emphasis>,
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+ and will not work with the <emphasis>GeoIP Country Edition</emphasis>. In
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+ newer Debian Linux releases the package <emphasis>geoip-database-contrib</emphasis>
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+ should contain the necessary database. You can download the Lite edition
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+ of the DB from <ulink url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity">here</ulink>.
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+ </para>
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<para>
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This module exports a new class of pseudo-variables -
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$gip(pvc=>key) - to enable access to the results of a query to the
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