How to Install and Uninstall whois Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the whois on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "whois" package

Please follow the instructions below to install whois on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall whois on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: whois
Version: 5.5.17
Installed-Size: 385
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.3)
Description: intelligent WHOIS client
Description-md5: 28e9df99a50bdfe098edfcf773417990
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program, use::checking,
use::searching
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.5.17_amd64.deb
Size: 70776
MD5sum: f287b8cacb947736b5013cb7c1023493
SHA256: 460f0c7e2b14379c09cc2436016e549be984fb442833f644f1ca21156de05b47