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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "whois" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install whois on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall whois on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: whois
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5.6
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 272
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.3)
Filename: pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.5.6_amd64.deb
Size: 44712
MD5sum: b0c0f8ef00a0f15d64344956f0a3210c
SHA1: 8e47e63e750e42407e65bbff95813a6336885eaf
SHA256: 46f1402e329404a95bf9ecea771bcb90279791be95c1e4fd581a38088cb95faa
SHA512: 73e090ce0c4cab3f16476f284e39b8e6b3b2d32879ee21fe23242c6bad28fef05b78db8cfe79e9c7bf06301c438032e91f4ba43c576e00aeb0aa8c919a7a8642
Description-en: 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: 28e9df99a50bdfe098edfcf773417990