How to Install and Uninstall gwhois Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 07,2024

1. Install "gwhois" package

This guide let you learn how to install gwhois on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gwhois on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gwhois
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 142
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Juliane Holzt
Architecture: all
Version: 20120626-1
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl, libwww-perl, lynx-cur, curl, libnet-libidn-perl
Suggests: openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver
Filename: pool/universe/g/gwhois/gwhois_20120626-1_all.deb
Size: 30096
MD5sum: 7d0ef370605fcead148b02e36af7e8b4
SHA1: 7c1246d8b58783140e84b8aa4f8b47fcfd87635a
SHA256: 6d65fee2b0a259b79fbeb0afc79ea3b681fd7c7789703ff2107fc319cd66a2ba
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu