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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iputils-ping" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install iputils-ping on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: iputils-ping
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20221126-1
Installed-Size: 120
Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Provides: ping
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6)
Description: Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
Description-md5: d70a0a65fee86f2e5c78f759703e9922
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/
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_20221126-1_amd64.deb
Size: 47068
MD5sum: 6785514108f7260ab984ad890089b783
SHA256: 6ca78fda233f9ca803c5048e29dd558ad7a2af7fe6db53e9fce76d9d750538c8