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

Last updated: November 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fping" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fping on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: fping
Version: 5.1-1
Installed-Size: 93
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcap2-bin, netbase, libc6 (>= 2.17)
Enhances: netdata (>= 1.5)
Description: sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
Description-md5: 39b9ab73fb3b3bedff57b40efd2819fd
Homepage: https://www.fping.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, protocol::ip, role::program, scope::utility,
use::checking, use::scanning
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fping/fping_5.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 40656
MD5sum: d8aa20c8db447395722bc9a8e8de4d88
SHA256: 2d28c4fd22aa078d13382b6b0dcb0b21701349043c9c7204ea82fc4b50589556