source: basicnet/netutils/whois.xml@ b1c1f783

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY whois-download-http "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY whois-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
  <!-- <!ENTITY whois-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/w/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY whois-download-ftp  " "> -->
  <!ENTITY whois-md5sum        "90b8f4014d7e2249b74ac0cc56de2360">
  <!ENTITY whois-size          "68 KB">
  <!ENTITY whois-buildsize     "1 MB">
  <!ENTITY whois-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="whois" xreflabel="Whois-&whois-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="whois.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Whois-&whois-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="whois">
    <primary sortas="a-Whois">Whois</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Whois</title>

    <para><application>Whois</application> 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:
    <command>whois</command> and <command>mkpasswd</command>. The
    <command>mkpasswd</command> command is also installed by the
    <xref linkend="expect"/> package.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&whois-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&whois-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &whois-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &whois-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &whois-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &whois-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/whois"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Whois</title>

    <para>Issue the following command to fix the installation of the
    <filename class="extension">.po</filename> locale files:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/install:/install-pos:/' po/Makefile</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you wish to install both the <command>whois</command> and
    <command>mkpasswd</command> programs issue the command shown below,
    otherwise skip to the <xref linkend="make-whois-only"/> commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para id="make-whois-only" xreflabel="make only whois">If you wish to
    install just the <command>whois</command> program, issue the follow
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/install-whois.*/&amp; install-pos/' Makefile &amp;&amp;
make whois</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
    install both programs by issuing the following command. Otherwise,
    skip to the <xref linkend="install-whois-only"/> command:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make prefix=/usr install</userinput></screen>

    <para id="install-whois-only" xreflabel="install only whois">To install
    just the <command>whois</command> program, issue the following command as
    the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make prefix=/usr install-whois</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>whois and mkpasswd</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="whois-prog">
        <term><command>whois</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a client-side application which queries the whois directory
          service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.</para>
          <indexterm zone="whois whois-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-whois">whois</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>