How to Install and Uninstall dialog Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "dialog" package

This is a short guide on how to install dialog on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dialog on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dialog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3-20190808-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1198
Provides: libdialog-dev
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), debianutils (>= 1.6)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dialog/dialog_1.3-20190808-1_amd64.deb
Size: 231196
MD5sum: bf9026baf2b3f0b491e731eae1107d4d
SHA1: bb1af4e4399f208fbe8c055e06bc69605df4f84d
SHA256: 4470afa1f8fbe8e71355bee7a1a5705d0d42c8bcb2610ed4ef69ef4922f6c91a
SHA512: 1cf63e0cf8d4cc72bd234343c8186a72eb304bad88e5ae21f518e85e59fc54cfe239e0af27e1db013bd18d4624b7000daa76087bf600eab9dd923de90d319fd3
Homepage: http://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html
Description-en: 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: bcacb3d599cbbb23a47a1141ae12a28b