How to Install and Uninstall bing Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "bing" package

Please follow the instructions below to install bing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bing
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bing" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bing
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bing package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bing
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mark Purcell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.3-2.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bing/bing_1.1.3-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 26026
MD5sum: 494879a7346a48ec0c39aa77b141ab4c
SHA1: d14e3faf5f09c4f4a21d33cd1e1917ff8c73a6dd
SHA256: be68a79e82d2a29a74436635273ec2b2083dd0f8cf9c94df96e1e9c0e767faf0
Description-en: Empirical stochastic bandwidth tester
Bing is a point-to-point bandwidth measurement tool (hence the 'b'),
based on ping.
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Bing determines the real (raw, as opposed to available or average)
throughput on a link by measuring ICMP echo requests' round trip times
for different packet sizes at each end of the link.
Description-md5: 4219a8c7ed14105493d4245d2257d8bf
Homepage: http://fgouget.free.fr/bing/bing_src-readme-1st.shtml
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu