How to Install and Uninstall gwhois Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "gwhois" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gwhois on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall gwhois on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gwhois
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gwhois package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gwhois
Architecture: all
Version: 20120626-1.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Juliane Holzt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl, libwww-perl, lynx, curl, libnet-libidn-perl
Suggests: openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver
Filename: pool/universe/g/gwhois/gwhois_20120626-1.2_all.deb
Size: 28708
MD5sum: 9999e34959c024ee99926365fb99399f
SHA1: 0d44603b35fd4d08ff14cfcf55c77948de46cd77
SHA256: 8634c77fcd87e634dab20ee82ffff0af61db29dae2617972272d91d30d6923c9
SHA512: 63ef76c74cccbea524ee4b7555c624991694527f464dd2abf1b6a7ccc7d2fe28f1f2e14494cb8e36600052d012d37e99c109eb3f00026c26a6a138227616ab2a
Description-en: generic Whois Client / Server
gwhois is a generic whois client / server. This means that it know
for many (virtually all) TLDs, IP-Ranges and Handles out there where
to ask. It queries other whois-servers as well as web-lookup forms.
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gwhois can be used as a client, but you can invoke it as a server
(e.g. via inetd) as well for usage with a normal whois client.
Description-md5: 700acfb94991db15492e8b8feade951e