Whois-4.7.20

Introduction to Whois

Whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/whois

Installation of Whois

Install Whois by running the following commands:

make

This package does not come with a test suite (that works).

Now, as the root user:

make prefix=/usr install

Contents

Installed Program: whois
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

whois

is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.

Last updated on 2006-12-04 05:02:52 -0600