How to Install and Uninstall arping Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the arping on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "arping" package

Please follow the guidance below to install arping on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                arping
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "arping" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall arping on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the arping package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: arping
Version: 2.23-1
Installed-Size: 77
Maintainer: Salvatore Bonaccorso
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libnet1 (>= 1.1.3), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libseccomp2 (>= 1.0.1)
Conflicts: iputils-arping
Description: sends IP and/or ARP pings (to the MAC address)
Description-md5: f9961d479363b72d3c3239629d7637df
Homepage: http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=arping
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, protocol::ip, role::program, scope::utility
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/arping/arping_2.23-1_amd64.deb
Size: 33020
MD5sum: 9ac923771f6bffd532887f64e3e7b96a
SHA256: 2cef226af772a11d1ac582bc1d7bb9bc0ec3665ff79918509035c7b790b356fc