How To Install rwhoisd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rwhoisd in Fedora 36. rwhoisd is ARIN’s Referral WHOIS server

Introduction

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

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

Install rwhoisd 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 rwhoisd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rwhoisd

Install rwhoisd 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 rwhoisd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rwhoisd

How To Uninstall rwhoisd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rwhoisd

rwhoisd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/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/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/3fdc7886903f9082b107b1e93b0c37b0d65713
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/af2009d3b7c9df41f365e437a2064c7f86d9cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/062bec9acfbd250327bcc0b527ab5f16401691
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/944f9f6fc84eb822d8e5305bf76d43ad5812df
/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

rwhoisd website

Summary

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