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

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "iputils-ping" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install iputils-ping on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall iputils-ping on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: iputils-ping
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:20200821-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: net
Source: iputils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 112
Provides: ping
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.25), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6)
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-ping_20200821-2_amd64.deb
Size: 42224
MD5sum: bb6b567158b3aaea8de6ae82ad68838f
SHA1: 59ef4d7f552d1dbd84750e771699c487ec17d16b
SHA256: 7015d14875048a25b6bb02df1ea7c05007d1ca5afa41dcc91d12bfe84df198e7
SHA512: 7e4369de9d53409442426009286d367d5bd4250a3890e8b211fb5aa2d7ec5c6100d61f6302475a0397b68c6a467712bdcbd63f3ef5d70a29c1814014b2532cd6
Homepage: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/
Description-en: Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
The ping command sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host in order to
test if the host is reachable via the network.
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This package includes a ping6 utility which supports IPv6 network
connections.
Description-md5: d70a0a65fee86f2e5c78f759703e9922
Task: minimal