Information about the package, perl-Net-Whois, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Net-Whois package is designed for, Get and parse "whois" domain data from InterNIC.
Package Name:
perl-Net-Whois
Summary:
Get and parse "whois" domain data from InterNIC
Description:
Net::Whois::Domain new() attempts to retrieve and parse the given domain's "whois" information from the InterNIC (whois.internic.net). If the server could not be contacted, is too busy, or otherwise does not process the query then the constructor does not return a reference and your object is undefined. If the constructor returns a reference, that reference can be used to access the various attributes of the domains' whois entry assuming that there was a match. The member function ok returns 1 if a match 0 if no match.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.9
Release:
2.el6
Size:
13 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Net-Whois package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Net-Whois
This command will install perl-Net-Whois on the server.
yum remove perl-Net-Whois
This command will un-install perl-Net-Whois on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Net-Whois, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Net-Whois
This command will un-install perl-Net-Whois 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 perl-Net-Whois when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Net-Whois
This command will update perl-Net-Whois to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Net-Whois, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Net-Whois
This command will update perl-Net-Whois 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 perl-Net-Whois when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Net-Whois
This command will show you core information about the perl-Net-Whois package.
yum deplist perl-Net-Whois
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Net-Whois. 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 perl-Net-Whois
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Net-Whois. 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.