How To Install rwhoisd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rwhoisd on Fedora 34.
What is rwhoisd
This server is a reference implementation of the server side of the RWhois protocol, first described in RFC 1714. This server attempts to implement concepts and practices in accordance with version 1.5 of the protocol, described in RFC 2167.
We can use yum or dnf to install rwhoisd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rwhoisd.
Install rwhoisd 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 rwhoisd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rwhoisd
Install rwhoisd 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 rwhoisd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rwhoisd
How To Uninstall rwhoisd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the rwhoisd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rwhoisd
rwhoisd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/rwhoisd.conf
/etc/rwhoisd.dir
/etc/rwhoisd.root
/etc/rwhoisd.x.dir
/usr/bin/rwhois_deleter
/usr/bin/rwhois_indexer
/usr/bin/rwhois_repack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/8907c89aa198131e62e2d49a0f54b8c9ab6ac4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/7af3144a8d7a9ccc3854bb72f052fd80c534b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/b97d38cdec3d6af61623d5c8215f9114b91c00
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/57699cae17060f47d1b84af95b7ca8f1759367
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rwhoisd.service
/usr/sbin/rwhoisd
/usr/share/doc/rwhoisd
/usr/share/doc/rwhoisd/README
/usr/share/doc/rwhoisd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/rwhoisd/UPGRADE
/usr/share/doc/rwhoisd/operations_guide.txt
/usr/share/doc/rwhoisd/security.txt
/usr/share/licenses/rwhoisd
/usr/share/licenses/rwhoisd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/rwhois_indexer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rwhoisd.8.gz
/var/rwhoisd
/var/rwhoisd/register-spool
/var/rwhoisd/rwhoisd.auth_area
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rwhoisd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.