inetutils-tools software package provides base networking utilities (experimental package), 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 inetutils-tools
inetutils-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the inetutils-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep inetutils-tools *
You will get with inetutils-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Network |
| Package | inetutils-tools |
| Version | 2:1.8-6 |
| Description | base networking utilities (experimental package) |
| Sub Section | Net |