How to Install and Uninstall whois Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "whois" package

Please follow the guidance below to install whois on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall whois on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: whois
Version: 5.5.21
Installed-Size: 387
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.3)
Size: 71000
SHA256: 4e5a43da6507ab88fc118adef6f06ae9ad1e7b63f9c1822080fc8b8389d756ce
SHA1: 828ea0b276bab9cdf0690410a7e8129e9f7d3431
MD5sum: c99ec2da091ca141dbb56395c21b6e5a
Description: intelligent WHOIS client
This package provides a commandline client for the WHOIS (RFC 3912)
protocol, which queries online servers for information such as contact
details for domains and IP address assignments.
It can intelligently select the appropriate WHOIS server for most queries.
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The package also contains mkpasswd, a features-rich front end to the
password encryption function crypt(3).
Description-md5:
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_5.5.21_amd64.deb