%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Whois Whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name. This package by default will install two programs: whois and mkpasswd. The mkpasswd command is also installed by the package. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &whois-md5sum; Download size: &whois-size; Estimated disk space required: &whois-buildsize; Estimated build time: &whois-time; User Notes: Issue the following command to fix the installation of the .po locale files: sed -i 's/install:/install-pos:/' po/Makefile If you wish to install both the whois and mkpasswd programs issue the command shown below, otherwise skip to the commands: make If you wish to install just the whois program, issue the follow commands: sed -i 's/install-whois.*/& install-pos/' Makefile && make whois This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user, install both programs by issuing the following command. Otherwise, skip to the command: make prefix=/usr install To install just the whois program, issue the following command as the root user: make prefix=/usr install-whois Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories whois and mkpasswd None None Short Descriptions whois is a client-side application which queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name. whois