How to Install and Uninstall iputils-arping Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "iputils-arping" package

This is a short guide on how to install iputils-arping on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iputils-arping
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iputils-arping" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall iputils-arping on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: iputils-arping
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:20200821-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: iputils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 55
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.25), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
Conflicts: arping
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-arping_20200821-2_amd64.deb
Size: 15892
MD5sum: ac9cd74b4a9ecf8c00d2c7dca83c9f5c
SHA1: aee6b7e3b86b75478d00e3c18e154120f8e43163
SHA256: 8f64f3157a37e1fbde9b1b1588ba86fcf8d5e6ca186d3db04a377e8d63901c99
SHA512: 03e299f1513ddfe1247c80c3610ec130a556485a0746140e9f213a1b43524bf9ec031e8ffb6f0cd9c456b427d526696778a3c4aa90f52f027044f74e9a211a28
Homepage: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/
Description-en: Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address
The arping command acts like the standard ping command except it pings
a machine by its ARP address instead of its IP address. It is typically
used to locate a machine if its hardware address is known but its IP
address is unknown
Description-md5: bb18b14837d8c79e0cf4999c5662365c