How to Install and Uninstall ssmping Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "ssmping" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ssmping on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ssmping on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ssmping
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ssmping package on Kali Linux

Package: ssmping
Version: 0.9.1-4
Installed-Size: 134
Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Size: 23264
SHA256: ceed89947e04ac974959dc99fc4979f76bd6edfbb79d42111417d98e1517da4c
SHA1: 385fac8926faf13e613f2ded08b90d461168e6cd
MD5sum: 457a19e54ca6c752f3b8abc59441f1ed
Description: check your multicast connectivity
Tools to check whether you can receive Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
or Any Source Multicast (ASM) via either IPv4 or IPv6
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If a host runs ssmpingd, users on other hosts can use the ssmping client
to test whether they can receive SSM from the host. Another program
called asmping is also provided to check whether can receive ASM.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.venaas.no/multicast/ssmping/
Tag: protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/ssmping/ssmping_0.9.1-4_amd64.deb