Virtual package ping is provided by:
dpkg-query: no packages found matching inetutils-ping Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend ||/ Name Version Architecture +++-============-============-==================================== ii iputils-ping 3:20221126-1 amd64 Tools to test the reachability of network hosts 1 packages