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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "iputils-ping" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install iputils-ping on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall iputils-ping on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: iputils-ping
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20240117-1
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Provides: ping
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6)
Size: 48920
SHA256: d7f5b0d0b140ea08f8ff03f4611431c134d4587ba3f3b12e439b2add0066f389
SHA1: 55701bac624aa60555290dfa348b65c122985ebb
MD5sum: c3d2fccd6886c9be6a7acd86d07379eb
Description: Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
The ping command sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host in order to
test if the host is reachable via the network.
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This package includes a ping6 utility which supports IPv6 network
connections.
Description-md5:
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_20240117-1_amd64.deb