How to Install and Uninstall iputils-arping Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "iputils-arping" package

Please follow the guidance below to install iputils-arping on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall iputils-arping on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iputils-arping
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iputils-arping package on Kali Linux

Package: iputils-arping
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20240117-1
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
Conflicts: arping
Size: 20556
SHA256: 7037468956a93416eda97776769eda51c5a80dafcd41e34e706cfab4f83e1693
SHA1: 55a6cda0962dc001e1b82eca38075d7393c00e25
MD5sum: f3b339d2d93ef4ce516943e326fb8ddf
Description: Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address
The arping command acts like the standard ping command except it pings
a machine by its ARP address instead of its IP address. It is typically
used to locate a machine if its hardware address is known but its IP
address is unknown
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::scanner, role::program, scope::utility
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-arping_20240117-1_amd64.deb