How to Install and Uninstall iputils-ping Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "iputils-ping" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install iputils-ping on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iputils-ping
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iputils-ping" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall iputils-ping on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iputils-ping
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iputils-ping package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: iputils-ping
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20180629-2+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 104
Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Provides: ping
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libnettle6
Recommends: libcap2-bin
Description: Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
Description-md5: d70a0a65fee86f2e5c78f759703e9922
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, protocol::ipv6, role::program, scope::utility
Section: net
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-ping_20180629-2+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 43360
MD5sum: eb3f53135715e2b9d42e75b500af18aa
SHA256: 27b3f7e15fbcff4c0ba4a9ea7ab03351924b6012f442f78982b84fd25deb72b5