How to Install and Uninstall whiptail Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the whiptail on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "whiptail" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install whiptail on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: whiptail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.52.21-5ubuntu2
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: 72
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnewt0.52 (>= 0.52.21), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.21-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 17304
MD5sum: 7d16840ceac2188256331167a0de30ed
SHA1: f5913552f66b70a83df631420e8b98f07b96ba44
SHA256: 04950b23286a1f943cda43d5eaf88993d7ad5994f2e07d102703356b1ec9b699
SHA512: effaead1e3af705da0807fc7455082cd06849e508afe71844ac62c67c407c1641f9f94f657a4a71b60cdd4e479fff3a0271a64ee6a29fbc79240e740de66505c
Homepage: https://pagure.io/newt
Description: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
Description-md5: 845a08009ef9f0ef4ecc0aedd3a36ffa
Task: minimal