How To Install pwhois on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwhois in Fedora 36. pwhois is Perl written whois client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwhois on Fedora 36.

What is `pwhois`

Command line whois client. Invoke with a domain name, optionally with a whois server name.

We can use yum or dnf to install pwhois on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pwhois.

Install pwhois on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pwhois using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pwhois

Install pwhois on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pwhois using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pwhois

How To Uninstall pwhois on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pwhois package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pwhois

pwhois Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pwhois
/usr/share/doc/pwhois
/usr/share/doc/pwhois/README
/usr/share/licenses/pwhois
/usr/share/licenses/pwhois/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/pwhois/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pwhois.1.gz

References

pwhois website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwhois on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).