oping software package provides sends ICMP_ECHO requests to network hosts, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install oping
oping is installed in your system.
Make ensure the oping package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep oping *
You will get with oping package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Network |
| Package | oping |
| Version | 1.6.2-4 |
| Description | sends ICMP_ECHO requests to network hosts |
| Sub Section | Net |