How to Install and Uninstall whois Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the whois on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "whois" package

Please follow the instructions below to install whois on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: whois
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5.13
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_5.5.13_amd64.deb
Size: 53432
MD5sum: b5e9219784e438fbe3b4734d9da4a229
SHA1: 7a364e3d5f0e29791713d596ee27a48b28decc7b
SHA256: 8f923569d167f5e3c86e63b36a059f1dfd4aba2a17ad0263d318f9ac0c776386
SHA512: 296b7018db62d5849575c79e217f25da08236ea970200ebc7faf68fcdcedcdd03c3e444b0ba477f4ceff0dd087c296c4e5694b194e7cf5a90309cd019915df85
Description: intelligent WHOIS client
Description-md5: 28e9df99a50bdfe098edfcf773417990