fping6 command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

fping6: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fping6: command not found

Solutions to fping6: command not found

How To Fix fping6: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu fping6 is provided by fping package.

fping is:

fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is responding. fping differs from ping in that you can specify any number of targets on the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of targets to ping. Instead of sending to one target until it times out or replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a round-robin fashion.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install fping

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install fping.

sudo apt -y install fping

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install fping

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix fping6 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.