What are you talking about? There is no point that dialog is not supported on Ubuntu ppc64el server!
In fact, dialog package is available by default in apt archive repository: http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports, in the same main URL as dash's: http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/pool/main/d/dialog/dialog_1.2-20150920-1ubuntu1_ppc64el.deb http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/pool/main/d/dash/dash_0.5.8-2.1ubuntu2_ppc64el.deb for quick installation for all Ubuntu releases up to 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) so far, as demonstrated below: root@ubt1604KD2:/# uname -a Linux ubt1604KD2 4.4.0-15-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 19:06:23 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux root@ubt1604KD2:~# apt install dialog Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: dialog 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 199 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,311 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports xenial/main ppc64el dialog ppc64el 1.2-20150920-1ubuntu1 [199 kB] Fetched 199 kB in 0s (255 kB/s) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dialog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549300 Title: dialog wrongly requires double backslashes (\\n, \\Z) for control codes in option file Status in dialog package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: == Comment: #0 - Liang Chang Guo <[email protected]> - 2015-09-11 18:44:18 == From Ubuntu 15.10 daily builds, the window-like tool "dialog" in Linux now turns to look for double backslashes (like \\n, \\Z...) as control codes in command option file, which causes incorrect display in format for programs (like PMLinux) that get used to only feeding with single backslash (\n, \Z...). This bug affects menu, form, and form etc. dialog boxes. There is no such problem for other disros, even ubuntu 15.05 ... *** Info of ubuntu/dialog that fail, and command/file to reproduce *** root@ubt1510F:~# uname -a Linux ubt1510F 4.2.0-7-generic #7-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 1 16:42:17 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux root@ubt1510F:~# dialog --version Version: 1.2-20150528 root@ubt1510F:~# dialog --file PMLinux.menus (see display effect in attachment) root@ubt1510F:~# cat PMLinux.menus --begin 2 2 --default-item "2) Disable" --ok-label " Select " --item-help --help-button --no-cancel --colors --timeout 585 --title " Setup Performance Management " --backtitle "IBM PMLinux Main Menus" --menu " \Z4I\Znnternational \Z4B\Znusiness \Z4M\Znachines (\Zu\Z4IBM\Zn), Copyright 2012-2015 \Z1(C)\Zn\n\n \Z0Move by \Zb\Z4<Up/Down/Left/Right/Tab/[0-9]>\Zn or \Zb\Z4Mouse\Zn to desired function/button\n Presss \Z1<Enter>\Zn to select, or \Z1<Esc>\Zn to exit.\n\n \Zu\Z5ubt1510F\ZU\Zn STATUS: Collection \Z2ON\Zn, Transmission \Z2ON\Zn, CustomerInfo \Z1NO\Zn\n \Z4Linux OS Version\Z0: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)" 25 81 11 "1)*Enable" "\Z2Data Transmission" "To correct & reset parameters to enable PMLinux Data Collection & Transmission" "2) Disable" "Data Transmission" "To disable PMLinux Data Collection & Transmission. Proceed with Caution !!!" "3) Retransmit" "Recorded Data" "To package historical data files of one or all day(s) into PMstats.send for manual transmission" "4)*Change/Show" "\Z1Customer Information" "To fill out contact info, so that IBM PMLinux team can create a login user for your web reports" "5) Change/Show" "Data Retention Period" "To setup the period length (days) for PMLinux to keep the data files" "6) Change/Show" "Trending Days and Shift Times" "To setup your weekly working days & shift times for PMLinux reports" "7) Change/Show" "System Parameters (Advanced)" "To setup some system configurations" "8) Change/Show" "KVM Guest Collection Settings" "To setup KVM Guest info and querying utilization data intervals" "9) ReadMe" "Guide/References/License" "To browse PMLinux manual/license text documents" "0) Exit" "Quit" "To end this window-style PMLinux configuration tool" *** Info of ubuntu/dialog that pass *** [root@kvmhost ~]# uname -a Linux kvmhost 3.18.17-349.el7_1.pkvm3_1_0.3103.1.daily.donotship.ppc64le #1 SMP Thu Sep 10 07:17:08 CDT 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux [root@kvmhost ~]# dialog --version Version: 1.2-20130523 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dialog/+bug/1549300/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
