How to Install and Uninstall inetutils-ping Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "inetutils-ping" package

Please follow the steps below to install inetutils-ping on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall inetutils-ping on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: inetutils-ping
Source: inetutils
Version: 2:2.4-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 213
Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: amd64
Provides: ping
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), netbase
Conflicts: ping
Description: ICMP echo tool
Description-md5: 6200ee972698b85f830ed80937e3d9da
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::monitor, use::scanning
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/inetutils/inetutils-ping_2.4-2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 85956
MD5sum: a7012ac2116100ec191ed56fe0690df5
SHA256: 1c01e971c98b7d05286cde3a7e2adb7a6feed2bccf56a4579876f553365ae989