Prepare Inetutils for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \     --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \     --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var The meanings of the configure options are: --disable-syslogd: This option prevents inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package. --disable-logger: This option prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it because Util-linux installs a better version later. --sysconfdir=/etc: This option tells the binaries created by the package to look in /etc for their configuration files Compile the package: make Install it: make install And move the ping program to its proper place: mv /usr/bin/ping /bin