How to Install and Uninstall whois.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "whois.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install whois.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "whois.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall whois.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the whois.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 9:01:01 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Available Packages
Name : whois
Version : 5.5.1
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 78 k
Source : whois-5.5.1-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Improved WHOIS client
URL : http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Searches for an object in a RFC 3912 database.
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: This version of the WHOIS client tries to guess the right server to ask for
: the specified object. If no guess can be made it will connect to
: whois.networksolutions.com for NIC handles or whois.arin.net for IPv4
: addresses and network names.