How To Install gwhois on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwhois on Kali Linux.

What is gwhois

gwhois is:

gwhois is a generic whois client / server. This means that it know for many (virtually all) TLDs, IP-Ranges and Handles out there where to ask. It queries other whois-servers as well as web-lookup forms.

gwhois can be used as a client, but you can invoke it as a server (e.g. via inetd) as well for usage with a normal whois client.

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

Install gwhois Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwhois

Install gwhois Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gwhois using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gwhois

Install gwhois Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install gwhois

How To Uninstall gwhois on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gwhois

Uninstall gwhois And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gwhois and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwhois

Remove gwhois Configurations and Data

To remove gwhois configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gwhois

Remove gwhois configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwhois

Dependencies

gwhois have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• perl
• libwww-perl
• lynx
• curl
• libnet-libidn-perl

References

• gwhois website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwhois package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.