fping software package provides sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install fping
fping is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fping package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fping *
You will get with fping package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Network |
| Package | fping |
| Version | 2.4b2-to-ipv6-16.1 |
| Description | sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts |
| Sub Section | Net |
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