How to Install and Uninstall inetutils-ping Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "inetutils-ping" package

This tutorial shows how to install inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: inetutils-ping
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.0-1
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: 200
Provides: ping
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), netbase
Conflicts: ping
Filename: pool/universe/i/inetutils/inetutils-ping_2.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 62400
MD5sum: 5e8b9bc0f09730dfee093cda78e5cbe7
SHA1: 31bb1a46dfb2dde148070c75cfe46bb5241bfeea
SHA256: 2add6b8d6eba0ef9ad2b1d465c29550950e274b7e3057ea60f4fba29356fbd8c
SHA512: 2e302581fda34bbefe8ae0992dc982c57f1897aaa9dab25b4d79928aec6fb4a03b4e2215f9edd88edf41cdbb12a2fd1daee9de28a27fbdc102f422de886f5574
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