How To Install oping on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oping on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is oping
oping is:
oping uses ICMP packages (better known as “ping packets”) to test the reachability of network hosts. It supports pinging multiple hosts in parallel using IPv4 and/or IPv6 transparently.
This package contains two command line applications: “oping” is a replacement for tools like ping(1), ping6(1) and fping(1). “noping” is an ncurses-based tool which displays statistics while pinging and highlights aberrant round-trip times.
There are three methods to install oping on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install oping Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oping using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oping
Install oping Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oping using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oping
Install oping 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 oping using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oping
How To Uninstall oping on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the oping package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oping
Uninstall oping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oping and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oping
Remove oping Configurations and Data
To remove oping configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oping
Remove oping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oping configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oping
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oping package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
