How To Install httping on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install httping
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is httping
httping is:
httping is like ping for HTTP. It sends requests to a hostname or a remote URL and it shows you how long it takes to connect, send a HTTP request and retrieve the reply (only the header).
It supports SSL as well as various different ways to use it.
There are three methods to install httping
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install httping Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install httping
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install httping
Install httping Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install httping
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install httping
Install httping 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install httping
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install httping
How To Uninstall httping on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the httping
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove httping
Uninstall httping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall httping
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove httping
Remove httping Configurations and Data
To remove httping
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge httping
Remove httping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove httping
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge httping
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install httping
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.