From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> > On 11/22/2012 09:55 AM, John Doe wrote: >> maybe lynx package should be a requirement of the whois package...? >> $ whois ubiquity.io >> [Querying http://www.io.io/cgi-bin/whois] >> [HTTP: Unable to run web browser: /usr/bin/lynx: No such file or > directory] > > A few of the whois endpoints seem to be doing this now, I'm not sure if > thats really just an artistic extension of the whois proto; if I run > who's it should return data rather than run a browser to point me at a > webpage ( btw, you can set the BROWSER env var to send this elsewhere, > other than lynx ) It does not use the BROWSER env var It seems hardcoded in /etc/jwhois.conf There is the choice of lynx or w3m... But I agree that for a cmdline whois request, there's no point dumping a text web page with useless links... JD