How to Install and Uninstall whois.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: January 15,2025

1. Install "whois.src" package

This is a short guide on how to install whois.src on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "whois.src" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall whois.src on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the whois.src package on Oracle Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1:17:20 ago on Mon Sep 12 02:51:38 2022.
Available Packages
Name : whois
Version : 5.5.1
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : src
Size : 101 k
Source : None
Repository : ol8_appstream
Summary : Improved WHOIS client
URL : http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
License : GPLv2+
Description : Searches for an object in a RFC 3912 database.
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: This version of the WHOIS client tries to guess the right server to ask for
: the specified object. If no guess can be made it will connect to
: whois.networksolutions.com for NIC handles or whois.arin.net for IPv4
: addresses and network names.