How to Install hping3 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install hping3 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

hping3 software package provides Active Network Smashing Tool, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install hping3 

hping3 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hping3 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hping3 *

You will get with hping3 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hping3 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Network
Package hping3
Version 3.a2.ds2-7
Description Active Network Smashing Tool
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove hping3 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?