How to Install and Uninstall inetutils-ping Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "inetutils-ping" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                inetutils-ping
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "inetutils-ping" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                inetutils-ping
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the inetutils-ping package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: inetutils-ping
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.9.4-12
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: inetutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 357
Provides: ping
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libidn11 (>= 1.13), netbase
Conflicts: ping
Filename: pool/universe/i/inetutils/inetutils-ping_1.9.4-12_amd64.deb
Size: 61084
MD5sum: 14a690f81f10c8312d5ab32e3c2c0249
SHA1: b2ede1c80303e2ada39da8785859a4c44ac4c0f7
SHA256: ccae2edbfdb7d51425bd8342528b06f9393debab131ea30744bb7b80af5dda15
SHA512: 210c51e3fc7ccbe730a80f87b69672274de105ed5c9fd378d02815c3a473a876472647420c9c2bf43bfca43ef43a2743b745143d89114d42ae3eb6790affa785
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Description-en: ICMP echo tool
Ping uses ICMP to send out echo requests, and uses the reply packets to
calculate latency between the sending and the destination hosts.
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This is the portable GNU implementation of ping.
Description-md5: 6200ee972698b85f830ed80937e3d9da