To install the GeoIP C library, go to http://www.maxmind.com/app/c Note that Geo::IP 1.13 requires GeoIP C 1.1.2 or higher To install the Perl XS wrapper, run perl Makefile.PL make make test make install (If you get a "libGeoIP.so.1: cannot open shared object No such file or directory" error, add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf then run /sbin/ldconfig /etc/ld.so.conf )