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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "whiptail" package

This tutorial shows how to install whiptail on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall whiptail on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: whiptail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.52.21-4ubuntu2
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: 75
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnewt0.52 (>= 0.52.21), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.21-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 16960
MD5sum: 6df33270017223d835d477044c79c65f
SHA1: a60f804026c8bf85921075f50a61611a95954621
SHA256: 46e8cf18fcabe611c8a6f9756128e748f2745bbda83e1fe0a9adf3885bed764a
SHA512: f3761b224283b69d6de14c45b44766aacaa6e67589c894ce95f07e6e5aec896d2c585ffae87d20dcfa03a9d5bead311c0286fb711e9f3d759b628ef045f3f61c
Homepage: https://pagure.io/newt
Description-en: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
Whiptail is a "dialog" replacement using newt instead of ncurses. It
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.
Description-md5: 845a08009ef9f0ef4ecc0aedd3a36ffa
Task: minimal