Ping is not a valid applet | Alpine Linux forums

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#1 Tue, 2016-05-10 15:21

rsmereka

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Hi All,

I just did an update and upgrade on my Edge-based VM and tried to use the 'ping' command and got:
ping: ping is not a valid applet
and when I attempt to add/install ping:
apk add ping
I get:

ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
   ping (missing):
      required by: world[ping]

I tried a reboot after the update and that did not make any difference.

This is an Edge-based VM about a year old.

Any ideas?
TIA,
Rick

#2 Tue, 2016-05-10 20:43

Head_on_a_Stick

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I think it's in the iputils package.

#3 Fri, 2016-05-13 09:29

ScrumpyJack

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does "busybox ping" work?

what does ls -l `which ping` say?