How To Install dialog on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dialog
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dialog
dialog is:
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.
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
There are three methods to install dialog
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dialog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dialog
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dialog
Install dialog Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dialog
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dialog
Install dialog Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dialog
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dialog
How To Uninstall dialog on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dialog
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dialog
Uninstall dialog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dialog
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dialog
Remove dialog Configurations and Data
To remove dialog
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dialog
Remove dialog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dialog
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dialog
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dialog
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.