Information about the package, pwhois, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pwhois package is designed for, Perl written whois client.
Package Name:
pwhois
Summary:
Perl written whois client
Description:
Command line whois client. Invoke with a domain name, optionally with a whois server name.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.82
Release:
1.el6
Size:
11 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the pwhois package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pwhois
This command will install pwhois on the server.
yum remove pwhois
This command will un-install pwhois on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pwhois, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pwhois
This command will un-install pwhois on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pwhois when using the -y flag.
yum update pwhois
This command will update pwhois to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pwhois, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pwhois
This command will update pwhois to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pwhois when using the -y flag.
yum info pwhois
This command will show you core information about the pwhois package.
yum deplist pwhois
This command will show you the dependencies for pwhois. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pwhois
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pwhois. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.