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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ping using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-pingInstall inetutils-ping Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ping using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inetutils-pingInstall 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ping using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-pingHow 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-pingUninstall 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-pingRemove 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-pingRemove 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-pingDependencies
inetutils-ping have the following dependencies:
References
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.
