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Install this package:

emerge -a dev-util/dialog

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask dev-util/dialog

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a dev-util/dialog

Package Information

Description:
Tool to display dialog boxes from a shell
Homepage:
https://invisible-island.net/dialog/
License:
LGPL-2.1

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
1.3.20250817 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 0/15
1.3.20250116-r1 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 0/15

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Base System Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<upstream>
		<changelog>https://invisible-island.net/dialog/CHANGES.html</changelog>
		<remote-id type="github">ThomasDickey/dialog-snapshots</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p dev-util/dialog | euse -E <flag> -p dev-util/dialog | euse -D <flag> -p dev-util/dialog

Flag Description 1.3.20250817 1.3.20250116-r1
examples Install examples, usually source code ✓ ✓
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) ✓ ✓
unicode Add support for Unicode ✓ ✓

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
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DIST dialog-1.3-20250116.tgz 575032 bytes
DIST dialog-1.3-20250116.tgz.asc 729 bytes
DIST dialog-1.3-20250817.tgz 575508 bytes
DIST dialog-1.3-20250817.tgz.asc 729 bytes