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Package: whiptail (0.52.10-4.1)

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: libc6 (>= 2.2.5) [amd64]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 38.2 kB100 kB [list of files]
armel 36.8 kB92 kB [list of files]
hppa 38.8 kB96 kB [list of files]
i386 37.2 kB156 kB [list of files]
ia64 42.2 kB116 kB [list of files]
mips 37.7 kB96 kB [list of files]
mipsel 37.6 kB96 kB [list of files]
powerpc 38.1 kB96 kB [list of files]
s390 38.4 kB96 kB [list of files]
sparc 37.1 kB92 kB [list of files]