How to Install and Uninstall whois.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 9

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "whois.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install whois.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 9


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "whois.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall whois.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 9:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the whois.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 9

Last metadata expiration check: 0:49:33 ago on Fri Feb 16 06:49:52 2024.
Available Packages
Name : whois
Version : 5.5.9
Release : 4.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 75 k
Source : whois-5.5.9-4.el9.src.rpm
Repository : 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.