How To Install echoping on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install echoping on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is echoping
echoping is:
echoping is a small program to test (approximatively) performances of a remote host by sending it requests such as HTTP requests.
In any case, be polite: don’t bother the remote host with many repeated requests, especially with large size. Ask for permission if you often test hosts which aren’t yours.
Current features: * plugins, so you can extend echoping with any protocol you like and/or use, * Supports IPv6 as well as IPv4, * Supports IDN (Unicode domain names), * uses the protocols echo, discard, chargen or HTTP, * can use cryptographic connections with HTTP, * uses UDP instead of TCP for the protocols which accept it (like echo), * can repeat the test and display various measures about it,
There are three methods to install echoping 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 echoping Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install echoping using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install echoping
Install echoping Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install echoping using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install echoping
Install echoping 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 echoping using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install echoping
How To Uninstall echoping on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the echoping package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove echoping
Uninstall echoping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall echoping and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove echoping
Remove echoping Configurations and Data
To remove echoping configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge echoping
Remove echoping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove echoping configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge echoping
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install echoping package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
