whiptail-dialogs

==================== whiptail

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Use whiptail to display dialog boxes from Python scripts.

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whiptail is a library that will let you present a variety of questions or display messages using dialog boxes from a Python script.

Currently, these types of dialog boxes are implemented:

• yes/no box
• menu box
• input box
• message box
• text box
• info box
• checklist box
• radiolist box
• gauge box
• password box

Installation

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whiptail can be installed from PyPI.

To install with pip:

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$ python -m pip install whiptail-dialogs

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You must also have the whiptail package installed on your system.

On Debian and derivatives this can be installed with:

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$ apt-get install whiptail