How To Install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8. whois-nls is Gettext catalogs for whois tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `whois-nls`

whois tools messages translated into different natural languages.

We can use yum or dnf to install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install whois-nls.

Install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install whois-nls using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install whois-nls

Install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install whois-nls using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install whois-nls

How To Uninstall whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the whois-nls package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove whois-nls

whois-nls Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/whois.mo

References

whois-nls website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install whois-nls on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.