How to Install and Uninstall fping Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "fping" package

Please follow the instructions below to install fping on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install fping

2. Uninstall "fping" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fping on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove fping

3. Information about the fping package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package fping:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : fping
Version : 5.1-1.8
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 57.6 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : fping-5.1-1.8.src
Upstream URL : http://www.fping.org
Summary : A program to ping multiple hosts
Description :
FPing is a ping-like program that uses the Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is
responding. FPing differs from ping in that you can specify any number
of targets on the command line or specify a file containing a list of
targets to ping. Instead of sending pings to one target until it times
out or replies, FPing sends a ping packet and moves on to the next
target in a round-robin fashion.
In the default mode, if a target replies, it is noted and removed from
the list of targets to check. If a target does not respond within a
certain time limit or retry limit, it is designated as unreachable.
FPing also supports sending a specified number of pings to a target or
looping indefinitely (as in ping).
Unlike ping, FPing is meant to be used in scripts. Its output is
designed to be easy to parse.