How To Install jwhois on Fedora 34

jwhois is Internet whois/nicname client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jwhois on Fedora 34.

What is jwhois

A whois client that accepts both traditional and finger-style queries.

We can use yum or dnf to install jwhois on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jwhois.

Install jwhois on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install jwhois

Install jwhois on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install jwhois

How To Uninstall jwhois on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove jwhois

jwhois Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/jwhois.conf
/usr/bin/jwhois
/usr/bin/whois
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/6d4dd2c44457a3902a261e7f5a375b45c8d29d
/usr/share/doc/jwhois
/usr/share/doc/jwhois/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/jwhois/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/jwhois/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/jwhois/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/jwhois/README
/usr/share/doc/jwhois/TODO
/usr/share/info/jwhois.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/jwhois.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/jwhois.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/whois.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/whois.jwhois.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man1/jwhois.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jwhois on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.