How To Install inetutils-ping on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-ping on Kali Linux.

What is inetutils-ping

inetutils-ping is:

Ping uses ICMP to send out echo requests, and uses the reply packets to calculate latency between the sending and the destination hosts.

This is the portable GNU implementation of ping.

There are three methods to install inetutils-ping on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install inetutils-ping Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ping using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-ping

Install inetutils-ping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ping using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install inetutils-ping

Install inetutils-ping Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ping using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-ping

How To Uninstall inetutils-ping on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the inetutils-ping package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove inetutils-ping

Uninstall inetutils-ping And Its Dependencies

To uninstall inetutils-ping and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-ping

Remove inetutils-ping Configurations and Data

To remove inetutils-ping configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-ping

Remove inetutils-ping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove inetutils-ping configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetutils-ping

Dependencies

inetutils-ping have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• netbase

References

• inetutils-ping website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-ping package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.