How to Install and Uninstall whiptail Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "whiptail" package

Learn how to install whiptail on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                whiptail
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "whiptail" package

Learn how to uninstall whiptail on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                whiptail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the whiptail package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: whiptail
Source: newt
Version: 0.52.20-8
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnewt0.52 (>= 0.52.20), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Description: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
Description-md5: 845a08009ef9f0ef4ecc0aedd3a36ffa
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://pagure.io/newt
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::TODO, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::utility, use::viewing
Section: utils
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.20-8_amd64.deb
Size: 39356
MD5sum: afe221a9833b61e885392b5622168af6
SHA256: f281a4773127cc66ff56e0c0150789055adfaa9f08834c0ee76a71caff9f90c0