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Package: whiptail (0.52.2-10)

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.

Tags: User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Data Visualization

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  • dep: libnewt0.52 (>= 0.52.2)
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  • dep: libpopt0 (>= 1.10)
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  • dep: libslang2 (>= 2.0.6-3)
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