How to Install and Uninstall whiptail Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "whiptail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install whiptail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall whiptail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: whiptail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.52.20-1ubuntu1
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: 65
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnewt0.52, libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.20-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 16588
MD5sum: e3cf6494d25e65c4ec9bf12edfc7682d
SHA1: ec9bdfd61b5e64d04cafe34325be37b1ba85d20c
SHA256: 21fd40003dacb1ba83da389c696fa30a4a0be6a5a44549c5b1df9873e1f8115e
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/newt/
Description: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
Description-md5: 845a08009ef9f0ef4ecc0aedd3a36ffa
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y