How to Install and Uninstall inetutils-ping Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "inetutils-ping" package

Please follow the instructions below to install inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 tutorial shows how to uninstall inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: inetutils-ping
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 330
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: amd64
Source: inetutils
Version: 2:1.9.4-1build1
Provides: ping
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), netbase
Conflicts: ping
Filename: pool/universe/i/inetutils/inetutils-ping_1.9.4-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 56910
MD5sum: cc46b0f982d94b8b19d38a511cebb009
SHA1: 6d06b03eba3c6268390c3bd9ce3e895c0b10e7f5
SHA256: c0fa3a30921e87a279a5feb521f154bd193596e0dde47ccad2a727572d984ad4
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
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu