How to Install and Uninstall dialog Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "dialog" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dialog on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dialog on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dialog
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dialog package on Kali Linux

Package: dialog
Version: 1.3-20240101-1
Installed-Size: 1227
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libdialog-dev
Depends: debianutils (>= 1.6), libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Size: 286412
SHA256: fd08fefeb7de78d258d8e7c7701c156cf2ae77befabcf8d02c8fa81277bee3b0
SHA1: 37968ff7824c9a70af1ff07b0ccd47a40f18ab4d
MD5sum: 22085d4c4d869bd649eac973a3a47229
Description: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
This application provides a method of displaying several different types
of dialog boxes from shell scripts. This allows a developer of a script
to interact with the user in a much friendlier manner.
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The following types of boxes are at your disposal:
yes/no Typical query style box with "Yes" and "No" answer buttons
menu A scrolling list of menu choices with single entry selection
input Query style box with text entry field
message Similar to the yes/no box, but with only an "Ok" button
text A scrollable text box that works like a simple file viewer
info A message display that allows asynchronous script execution
checklist Similar to the menu box, but allowing multiple selections
radiolist Checklist style box allowing single selections
gauge Typical "progress report" style box
tail Allows viewing the end of files (tail) that auto updates
background tail Similar to tail but runs in the background.
editbox Allows editing an existing file
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html
Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses,
works-with::text
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dialog/dialog_1.3-20240101-1_amd64.deb