The iputils contains a collection of networking utilities.
First, create the installation directory as the root user:
mkdir -pv /opt/iputils-20250605 && ln -svfn iputils-20250605 /opt/iputils
Install iputils by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/opt/iputils-20250605 \
--buildtype=release \
-D INSTALL_SYSTEMD_UNITS=false \
.. &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Inspect meson_options.txt or
meson.options for a full list of
options.
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
--prefix=/opt/iputils-20250605:
Installs the package into a versioned subdirectory of /opt in order
to avoid filename collisions with the ping command installed in
LFS.
-D
INSTALL_SYSTEMD_UNITS=false: Disables some dead code
which is not used anywhere in the package.
-D USE_IDN=false: This option disables
IDN support. Use it if you have not installed the recommended
dependency.
As the root user, create the
/etc/profile.d/iputils.sh file to
be able to use the newly installed tools:
cat > /etc/profile.d/iputils.sh << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/profile.d/iputils.sh
pathprepend /opt/iputils/bin PATH
# End /etc/profile.d/iputils.sh
EOF
Immediately after installation, update the current PATH for your current shell as a normal user:
source /etc/profile.d/iputils.sh
To use mandb to
include the iputils man pages in its database, issue, as the
root user:
cat >> /etc/man_db.conf << "EOF" &&
# Begin iputils addition
MANDATORY_MANPATH /opt/iputils/share/man
MANPATH_MAP /opt/iputils/bin /opt/iputils/share/man
MANDB_MAP /opt/iputils/share/man /var/cache/man/iputils
# End iputils addition
EOF
mkdir -p /var/cache/man &&
mandb -c /opt/iputils/share/man