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

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "whois" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install whois on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Learn how to uninstall whois on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: whois
Version: 5.4.3
Installed-Size: 355
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6)
Description: intelligent WHOIS client
Description-md5: 28e9df99a50bdfe098edfcf773417990
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program, suite::gnu, use::checking,
use::searching
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.4.3_amd64.deb
Size: 77780
MD5sum: cd0865acc9ff8719740419de5ecca1ba
SHA256: 11c55d538e13fc7b715e2ab046edfd1be46348a2271e1bcdccaaa59618653831