aping command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix aping command not found error message

Introduction

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

aping: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: aping: command not found

Solutions to aping: command not found

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

In Ubuntu aping is provided by ripe-atlas-tools package.

ripe-atlas-tools is:

ripe-atlas-tools is the official command-line client for RIPE Atlas. RIPE Atlas is a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an overview of the state of the Internet in real time. Currently the following operations are supported by the command line interface:

  • Creation of measurements (ping, traceroute, DNS)
  • Reports on public measurements
  • Retrieval of measurement streams
  • Public measurement searches
  • Probe listings

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

sudo apt-get -y install ripe-atlas-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install ripe-atlas-tools.

sudo apt -y install ripe-atlas-tools

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

sudo aptitude install ripe-atlas-tools

Summary

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