This special RIPE version of the whois client is whois3, a very simple and generic whois client. This client, unlike the "classic" whois client, does not check for supported flags at the client side, except for -h (whois host) and -p (whois port). The syntax checks for flags are made at the server side. The default host and port of whois3 is whois.ripe.net at port 43 (or to be more exact, the tcp port specified for whois in /etc/services). You can change the default host by setting NICHOST in the source.
This special RIPE version of the whois client is whois3, a very simple and generic whois client. This client, unlike the "classic" whois client, does not check for supported flags at the client side, except for -h (whois host) and -p (whois port). The syntax checks for flags are made at the server side. The default host and port of whois3 is whois.ripe.net at port 43 (or to be more exact, the tcp port specified for whois in /etc/services). You can change the default host by setting NICHOST in the source.
To install ripe-whois, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install ripe-whois
To see what files were installed by ripe-whois, run:
port contents ripe-whois
To later upgrade ripe-whois, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade ripe-whois
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