How To Install python-whois on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whois on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-whois
python-whois is:
This Python wrapper for the “whois” command has a simple interface to access parsed WHOIS data for a given domain.
It is able to extract data for many of the popular TLDs (com, org, net, biz, info, pl, jp, uk, nz, …) and queries WHOIS servers directly instead of going through an intermediate web service.
This package provides Python 2 module bindings only.
There are three methods to install python-whois on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-whois Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-whois using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-whois
Install python-whois Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-whois using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-whois
Install python-whois Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-whois using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-whois
How To Uninstall python-whois on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-whois package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-whois
Uninstall python-whois And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-whois and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-whois
Remove python-whois Configurations and Data
To remove python-whois configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-whois
Remove python-whois configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-whois configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-whois
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whois package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
