How to Install and Uninstall whiptail Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "whiptail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install whiptail on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall whiptail on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: whiptail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.52.24-2ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: utils
Source: newt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 56
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libnewt0.52 (>= 0.52.24), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.24-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 18002
MD5sum: b0efbdd0cf4731e8e8111eef1dc84993
SHA1: 60f399317846d4a79b62562c735c61f2dd88ff19
SHA256: afd8aec6e4764870af97e50597524a24846597bdfe7881ae3d47a3658463f933
SHA512: c4ab60437e0a8f6ed32ef92632029fee63e47348729bf492f2ffebb2bc0cffeab08257f9d6fc458af2620c7226b2c4077a96935a1c85c80e112229822e994d4a
Homepage: https://pagure.io/newt
Description: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
Description-md5: 845a08009ef9f0ef4ecc0aedd3a36ffa
Task: minimal