How To Install arping on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arping on Debian 10.
What is arping
arping is:
The arping utility sends ARP and/or ICMP requests to the specified host and displays the replies. The host may be specified by its hostname, its IP address, or its MAC address.
There are three methods to install arping on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install arping Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install arping using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install arping
Install arping Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install arping using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install arping
Install arping Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install arping using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install arping
How To Uninstall arping on Debian 10
To uninstall only the arping package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove arping
Uninstall arping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall arping and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove arping
Remove arping Configurations and Data
To remove arping configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge arping
Remove arping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove arping configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arping
Dependencies
arping have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arping package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.