How to Install and Uninstall gwhois Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gwhois" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gwhois on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gwhois
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gwhois" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gwhois on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gwhois
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gwhois package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gwhois
Version: 20120626-1.2
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Juliane Holzt
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl, libwww-perl, lynx, curl, libnet-libidn-perl
Suggests: openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver
Description: generic Whois Client / Server
Description-md5: 700acfb94991db15492e8b8feade951e
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
network::client, network::server, protocol::dns, role::program,
use::searching
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gwhois/gwhois_20120626-1.2_all.deb
Size: 34800
MD5sum: cd257fc880ea74ac38c44c8096aa5d65
SHA256: 3fd1f0fc941e0e0f910584915856d048da153bf81d163ea6cbcfd5f1f0ac3b57