How to Install and Uninstall iputils-arping Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "iputils-arping" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install iputils-arping on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall iputils-arping on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: iputils-arping
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:20210202-1
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_20210202-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15712
MD5sum: b2c6a440b4d1dc49449acdf99fa22fc6
SHA1: d759cc563dfbd34bc0b7faa1be7968209456244c
SHA256: 93cd8bbdd52fca99428649f763386833b47c26eb335604ae12c5742d1f3b178e
SHA512: a3dd7ee77e2a641f4a3bcb440fa82d3a3ddf6f50fa373146e7437f0cb0fcb15991cbb2650c41eab971e68f79851ee10532cfd84a32bb1227e093c0b1ded08e69
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