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

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "whois" package

This tutorial shows how to install whois on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: whois
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 180
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.11
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libidn11 (>= 1.13)
Filename: pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.2.11_amd64.deb
Size: 33978
MD5sum: 9854d9f629bdcffd14a28b8caa151932
SHA1: 74d06d2d9006f35b912093d018a97e38c1902d64
SHA256: 943e461290571baca2311b3d4df33b433543cdfa0a5df192f183d5a4b7b9cead
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y