iputils-arping software package provides Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install iputils-arping
iputils-arping is installed in your system.
Make ensure the iputils-arping package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep iputils-arping *
You will get with iputils-arping package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Network |
| Package | iputils-arping |
| Version | 3:20101006-1+b2 [armhf], 3:201 |
| Description | Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address |
| Sub Section | Net |
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