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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "iputils-ping" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install iputils-ping on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall iputils-ping on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: iputils-ping
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:20210202-1
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_20210202-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42152
MD5sum: cc5baa71c0deafc82c92f19ee03cb605
SHA1: 4c8dc73a28592efd38c2e906754ebc506ea3927f
SHA256: 2bea15f4ca1ca1dcee6a56a17e124c3c8a043c2196d7ac7ae731d2893d81c864
SHA512: 0a7ead66579bf77d43f5ecaf145fd6e2a4d8c546852a3d969e1cedaa70e9e787d043ac5f6b757706c385e6c5e1884f23eccfc40c0781b83754ba90e301013451
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