How To Install inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 inetutils-ping using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-ping
How To Uninstall inetutils-ping on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-ping package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
