How to Install and Uninstall whois Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "whois" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install whois on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall whois on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: whois
Version: 5.5.10
Installed-Size: 364
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), 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, suite::gnu, use::checking,
use::searching
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.5.10_amd64.deb
Size: 81060
MD5sum: 5f591831a6a929179aafa2718c8849d2
SHA256: 4432c8463b5c76dd6ba3342f1828171b55eedc78d6a45bd08fdf8790efbbd4c4