How to Install and Uninstall whiptail Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "whiptail" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install whiptail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: whiptail
Priority: important
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: amd64
Source: newt
Version: 0.52.18-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnewt0.52, libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Filename: pool/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.18-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 15916
MD5sum: d5fd0053a207acf967862d1171772ff7
SHA1: 46045d6da78aa8ca75d655ad8dbb0657ca079da1
SHA256: 6ad8fd1dd6661cfb3db6bdeb4ff689394f6513724d0babc19f96f1596e2b025a
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/newt/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal