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Quick installation of bing:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: bing
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install bing
Package Details | |
| Package: | bing |
| Version: | 1.1.3-2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu MOTU Developers |
| Home page: | http://fgouget.free.fr/bing/bing_src-readme-1st.shtml |
| Description: | Empirical stochastic bandwidth tester Bing is a point-to-point bandwidth measurement tool (hence the 'b'), based on ping. . Bing determines the real (raw, as opposed to available or average) throughput on a link by measuring ICMP echo requests' round trip times for different packet sizes at each end of the link. Homepage: http://fgouget.free.fr/bing/bing_src-readme-1st.shtml |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/net |
How to install bing on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If bing is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L bing' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L bing Package `bing' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing bing:
After system update use the following command to install bing:
sudo apt-get install bing
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove bing from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the bing from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the bing following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove bing
Following command is used to remove the bing package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove bing
This will remove bing and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing bing with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge bing
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove bing
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with bing package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
