Blue Input Screen (Shell Script)

Question

Hi,

In Ubuntu Server 10.04

Sometimes when i'm installing some packages through apt-get, it prompts me with a blue dialog and asks for input/selection.. E.G: when installing mysql-server, it prompts me for a root password.. How can i accomplish this in my own shell script, so that same blue dialog will show up when i need to ask yes/no and password questions?

Answer 1

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html

Don't be afraid to Google something first ;)

Answer 2

You're looking for dialog.

Answer 3

Try the ncurses library.

http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/

There are some examples of using ncurses stuff (including dialog, which is what's probably being used in your examples) from bash here:

http://subsignal.org/doc/AliensBashTutorial.html

Answer 4

Check tutorials for dialog here and here.