[ale] frontend: Dialog ?

[Paul Cartwright]

On Mon October 8 2007 9:28 am, James Sumners wrote:
> From http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/dialog :
> "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."
>
> In short, it's what dpkg uses to prompt you for configuration inputs.
> I imagine you have dpkg configured to use the X frontend. Try
> `dpkg-reconfigure dpkg`.

looking at all the answers given so far, this seems to be the best answer. 
Last time I ran "dpkg-reconfigure -a" it took about 20 minutes of answering 
questions, and I almost regretted starting it. I'll try this, thanks!

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Paul Cartwright
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