How to Install and Uninstall iputils-arping Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "iputils-arping" package

Please follow the steps below to install iputils-arping on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 is a short guide on how to uninstall iputils-arping on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iputils-arping
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20121221-5ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 2.10)
Recommends: libcap2-bin
Conflicts: arping
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-arping_20121221-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 26612
MD5sum: e780bdf8b1c9dd13ec0bc3a748a74e6c
SHA1: 3f33a26337361c904797eadaa38dd847d589f1c4
SHA256: 20315d704d987308178a013116f9db3cf64c4fa9445035dfa37198c9efd34618
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop