How To Install jwhois on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install jwhois in Fedora 36. jwhois is Internet whois/nicname client

Introduction

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

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jwhois.

Install jwhois 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 jwhois using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jwhois

Install jwhois 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 jwhois using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jwhois

How To Uninstall jwhois on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove jwhois

jwhois Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/jwhois.conf
/usr/bin/jwhois
/usr/bin/whois
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/5d87a3ffb5426cbd0e76fa278ebd91461bd5f5
/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

jwhois website

Summary

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