How to Install and Uninstall hping Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "hping" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hping on openSUSE Leap


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                hping
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hping" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hping on openSUSE Leap:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the hping package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package hping:
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Repository : Main Repository
Name : hping
Version : 3.0.0_alpha_1-bp155.2.10
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 161.6 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : hping-3.0.0_alpha_1-bp155.2.10.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/antirez/hping
Summary : Command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer
Description :
hping3 is a network tool able to send custom TCP/IP packets and to display
target replies like ping do with ICMP replies. hping3 can handle
fragmentation, and almost arbitrary packet size and content, using the
command line interface.
Since version 3, hping implements scripting capabilties, read the API.txt
file under the /docs directory to know more about it.
As a command line utility, hping is useful to test at many kind of
networking devices like firewalls, routers, and so. It can be used as
a traceroute alike program over all the supported protocols, firewalk usage,
OS fingerprinting, port-scanner (see the --scan option introduced with hping3),
TCP/IP stack auditing.