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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "iputils-ping" package

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


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall iputils-ping on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iputils-ping
Priority: important
Section: net
Installed-Size: 160
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Architecture: amd64
Source: iputils
Version: 3:20121221-5ubuntu2
Provides: ping
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 2.10), libgnutls-openssl27
Recommends: libcap2-bin
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-ping_20121221-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 52744
MD5sum: 489ff2c3b89cff4ebde8fccc6a4940b0
SHA1: e5a408a84f706c1082994d970dbdeb33df51fc19
SHA256: d68e04250404e613d04fd3ff9fbad8839a498520a60482b128e70a305c6fc487
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal