How To Install xdialog on Fedora 34

xdialog is X11 drop in replacement for cdialog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdialog on Fedora 34.

What is xdialog

Xdialog is designed to be a drop in replacement for the cdialog program. It converts any terminal based program into a program with an X-windows interface. The dialogs are easier to see and use and Xdialog adds even more functionalities (help button+box, treeview, editbox, file selector, range box, and much more).

We can use yum or dnf to install xdialog on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xdialog.

Install xdialog on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xdialog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xdialog

Install xdialog on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xdialog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xdialog

How To Uninstall xdialog on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xdialog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xdialog

xdialog Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/Xdialog
/usr/bin/Xdialog-gtk1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/2bbdfe2a0638f8ed391ffed0e3441e14a1d9f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/99cb2977c9b9a66c4d4d11afaf20d278fe99e7
/usr/share/doc/xdialog
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/README
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/2ranges.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/authors.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/box.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/buildlist.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/calendar.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/center.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/changelog.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/check.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/checklist.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/colorsel.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/combobox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/common.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/compatibility.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/dselect.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/editbox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/fill.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/fixedfont.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/fontsel.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/fselect.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/gauge.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/gtk.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/icon.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/infobox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/input.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/intro.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/labelcenter.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/labelleft.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/labelright.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/left.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/license.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/logbox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/msgbox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/nofixedfont.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/notags.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/password.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/radiolist.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/range.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/rcfile.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/right.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/samples
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/special.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/spinbox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/syntax.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/tailbox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/timebox.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/title.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/transient.html
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/treeview.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/withtags.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/yesno-wizard.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/html/yesno.png
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/Xdialog.wrapper.c
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/Xmessage
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/Xmore
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/allrpms
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/bluebox.rc
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/buildlist
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/calendar
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/chain
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/checklist
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/dselect
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/editbox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/fixed-font.rc
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/format1440
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/fselect
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/gauge
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/infobox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/infobox2
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/inputbox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/install-wrapper
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/kernel
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/logbox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/logbox2
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/login
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/menubox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/msgbox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/no-entry.xpm
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/radiolist
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/rangebox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/set-time
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/tailbox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/textbox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/timebox
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/treeview
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/warning.xpm
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/xlock-wrapper
/usr/share/doc/xdialog/samples/yesno
/usr/share/licenses/xdialog
/usr/share/licenses/xdialog/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/no_NO/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv_SE/LC_MESSAGES/Xdialog.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/Xdialog.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdialog on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.