How To Install python-whois on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whois on Debian 9. python-whois is Python module for retrieving WHOIS information - Python 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whois on Debian 9.

What is python-whois

python-whois is:

This Python wrapper for the “whois” command has a simple interface to access parsed WHOIS data for a given domain.

It is able to extract data for many of the popular TLDs (com, org, net, biz, info, pl, jp, uk, nz, …) and queries WHOIS servers directly instead of going through an intermediate web service.

This package provides Python 2 module bindings only.

There are three methods to install python-whois on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-whois Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-whois using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-whois

Install python-whois Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-whois using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-whois

Install python-whois Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-whois using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-whois

How To Uninstall python-whois on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-whois package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-whois

Uninstall python-whois And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-whois and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-whois

Remove python-whois Configurations and Data

To remove python-whois configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-whois

Remove python-whois configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-whois configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-whois

Dependencies

python-whois have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whois package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.