How To Install icmpinfo on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icmpinfo on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is icmpinfo
icmpinfo is:
Icmpinfo is a tool for looking at the ICMP messages received on the running host. It can be used to detect and record ‘bombs’ as well as various network problems.
Icmpinfo is useful for network security tests.
There are three methods to install icmpinfo 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 icmpinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icmpinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icmpinfo
Install icmpinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icmpinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icmpinfo
Install icmpinfo 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 icmpinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icmpinfo
How To Uninstall icmpinfo on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the icmpinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icmpinfo
Uninstall icmpinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icmpinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icmpinfo
Remove icmpinfo Configurations and Data
To remove icmpinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icmpinfo
Remove icmpinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icmpinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icmpinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icmpinfo package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
