How to Install and Uninstall whois Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "whois" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install whois on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall whois on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: whois
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5.10ubuntu1
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 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.3)
Filename: pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.5.10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 53698
MD5sum: 194779d85803ce0a0337e27184a34cc9
SHA1: f958221167f79af0f5a1e63e40a7b5dbc25f2ff4
SHA256: f81bd588fd041da63de5ab848a50f686d3e4b8d0bedcb7d12d43a8d12968c5da
SHA512: bc39a539a8e61cccd2f120c6e912f167ebf83930bd9d4f4ed18735069f830bf0d28b89c07b49818e3548949815fb0c7e620436be5f6ad178d7abf7ed33887b77
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