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== Introduction to Whois ==
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Whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.
  
 
== Dependencies ==
 
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Whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.
 
  
 
Installed Program: whois
 
Installed Program: whois

Revision as of 22:05, 4 December 2006

Download Source: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_4.7.19.tar.gz

Introduction to Whois

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

Dependencies

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

make

Install the package

make prefix=/usr install

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

32Bit

Compile the package:

make CC="gcc ${BUILD32}"

Install the package

make prefix=/usr install

N32

Compile the package:

make CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}"

Install the package

make prefix=/usr install

64Bit

Compile the package:

make CC="gcc ${BUILD64}"

Install the package

make prefix=/usr install

Content

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.