How To Install gwhois on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gwhois on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 gwhois using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gwhois
How To Uninstall gwhois on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwhois
Remove gwhois Configurations and Data
To remove gwhois configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gwhois package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
