# Installer iputils avec Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt, winget Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de iputils pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:iputils ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install iputils ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add iputils ``` Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install iputils ``` Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iputils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#iputils ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: iputils from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S iputils ``` Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: iputils from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install iputils ``` Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iputils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install iputils-arping ``` Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: iputils-arping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id WhoElse.Ping -e ``` Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: WhoElse.Ping from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:iputils - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Version:** 20250605 - **Résumé source:** Set of small useful utilities for Linux networking - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-29T14:13:06+09:00 - **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## exécutables - clockdiff (alias) - ping (alias) - tracepath (alias) ## Comportement d'installation - Bouteille: non disponible ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-08-03 - version du gestionnaire: 20250605 ## Historique du projet et usages iputils is a compact Linux networking utility suite built around everyday diagnostic tools such as ping, arping, tracepath, and clockdiff. It packages the command-line instruments administrators reach for before heavier packet capture or routing-analysis tools. ### Historique du projet The iputils README traces the project to Alexey Kuznetsov's 1999 releases, with a first downloadable release dated 1999-04-16 and later maintenance by Hideaki Yoshifuji from 2006 through 2015. The repository keeps that history visible in a dedicated History section rather than treating the tools as anonymous base-system commands. The suite has been pruned over time. The README records removed tools such as ninfod, rarpd, rdisc, tftpd, and traceroute6, with replacements noted where appropriate. That pruning left the package focused on the small Linux network diagnostics that still fit its purpose. ### Historique d'adoption iputils is widely packaged because ping and its sibling tools are expected on Linux systems, rescue environments, containers, CI images, and network troubleshooting hosts. The Homebrew formula and the distribution package names in the source facts reflect how the same upstream is split differently by downstream package managers. The package also carries portability expectations across Linux libc implementations. Its README explicitly lists glibc, uClibc-ng, and musl support, which matters for Alpine, embedded systems, and container-focused distributions. ### Modes d'utilisation Users invoke iputils tools for reachability checks, round-trip timing, path MTU discovery, simple route-path inspection, ARP probing, and clock-difference checks. The package deliberately stays close to the network stack and avoids becoming a broad monitoring framework. Development guidance in the README asks bug reporters to document kernel and distribution details and suggests network namespaces for tests, which reflects the package's tight coupling to Linux kernel behavior. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent iputils is package-nerd important because it turns 'ping' from a generic command expectation into a concrete upstream with release history, removed-program policy, libc support, and distribution-specific splits. It is also a reminder that base utilities are not static: even tiny networking commands accumulate kernel compatibility, privilege-model, translation, and test-environment concerns. ### Chronologie - 1999: Alexey Kuznetsov's iputils release line begins. - 1999: First downloadable release listed as iputils-ss990417. - 2006: Hideaki Yoshifuji's release line begins. - 2015: Yoshifuji release line reaches s20151218. - 2021: Several obsolete tools are listed with their last release before removal. ### Related projects - iputils overlaps historically with Linux iproute tooling, traceroute, mtr, tftp-hpa, dnsmasq, libc implementations, and the Linux kernel networking test surface. ### Sources - - - ## Notes de sécurité broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Debian apt - iputils-arping - 3:20240905-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: iputils-arping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Debian apt - iputils-clockdiff - 3:20240905-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: iputils-clockdiff from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Measure the time difference between networked computers | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Debian apt - iputils-ping - 3:20240905-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: iputils-ping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to test the reachability of network hosts | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Debian apt - iputils-tracepath - 3:20240905-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: iputils-tracepath from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to trace the network path to a remote host | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Nix - iputils: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: iputils from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - iputils-arping - 3:20240117-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iputils-arping from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Ubuntu apt - iputils-clockdiff - 3:20240117-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iputils-clockdiff from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Measure the time difference between networked computers | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Ubuntu apt - iputils-ping - 3:20240117-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iputils-ping from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to test the reachability of network hosts | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - Ubuntu apt - iputils-tracepath - 3:20240117-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iputils-tracepath from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to trace the network path to a remote host | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - apk - iputils - 20250605-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP Configuration Utilities | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - apk - iputils-arping - 20250605-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils-arping from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP Configuration Utilities (arping utility) | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - apk - iputils-clockdiff - 20250605-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils-clockdiff from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP Configuration Utilities (clockdiff utility) | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - apk - iputils-doc - 20250605-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP Configuration Utilities (documentation) | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - apk - iputils-ping - 20250605-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils-ping from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP Configuration Utilities (ping utility) | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - apk - iputils-tracepath - 20250605-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iputils-tracepath from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | IP Configuration Utilities (tracepath utility) | https://github.com/iputils/iputils/ - dnf - iputils - 20250605-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iputils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Network monitoring tools including ping | https://github.com/iputils/iputils ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/iputils.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/iputils.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph