diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 30beda91..4ba5de06 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ if is_command apt-get ; then
     # grep -c will return 1 retVal on 0 matches, block this throwing the set -e with an OR TRUE
     PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} -s -o Debug::NoLocking=true upgrade | grep -c ^Inst || true"
     # Some distros vary slightly so these fixes for dependencies may apply
-    # on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS we need to add the universe repository to gain access to dialog and dhcpcd5
+    # on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS we need to add the universe repository to gain access to dhcpcd5
     APT_SOURCES="/etc/apt/sources.list"
     if awk 'BEGIN{a=1;b=0}/bionic main/{a=0}/bionic.*universe/{b=1}END{exit a + b}' ${APT_SOURCES}; then
-        if ! whiptail --defaultno --title "Dependencies Require Update to Allowed Repositories" --yesno "Would you like to enable 'universe' repository?\\n\\nThis repository is required by the following packages:\\n\\n- dhcpcd5\\n- dialog" "${r}" "${c}"; then
+        if ! whiptail --defaultno --title "Dependencies Require Update to Allowed Repositories" --yesno "Would you like to enable 'universe' repository?\\n\\nThis repository is required by the following packages:\\n\\n- dhcpcd5" "${r}" "${c}"; then
             printf "  %b Aborting installation: dependencies could not be installed.\\n" "${CROSS}"
             exit # exit the installer
         else
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ if is_command apt-get ; then
     fi
     # Since our install script is so large, we need several other programs to successfully get a machine provisioned
     # These programs are stored in an array so they can be looped through later
-    INSTALLER_DEPS=(apt-utils dialog debconf dhcpcd5 git "${iproute_pkg}" whiptail)
+    INSTALLER_DEPS=(dhcpcd5 git "${iproute_pkg}" whiptail)
     # Pi-hole itself has several dependencies that also need to be installed
     PIHOLE_DEPS=(cron curl dnsutils iputils-ping lsof netcat psmisc sudo unzip wget idn2 sqlite3 libcap2-bin dns-root-data resolvconf libcap2)
     # The Web dashboard has some that also need to be installed
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ elif is_command rpm ; then
     UPDATE_PKG_CACHE=":"
     PKG_INSTALL=("${PKG_MANAGER}" install -y)
     PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} check-update | egrep '(.i686|.x86|.noarch|.arm|.src)' | wc -l"
-    INSTALLER_DEPS=(dialog git iproute newt procps-ng which chkconfig)
+    INSTALLER_DEPS=(git iproute newt procps-ng which chkconfig)
     PIHOLE_DEPS=(bind-utils cronie curl findutils nmap-ncat sudo unzip wget libidn2 psmisc sqlite libcap)
     PIHOLE_WEB_DEPS=(lighttpd lighttpd-fastcgi php-common php-cli php-pdo php-xml)
     LIGHTTPD_USER="lighttpd"
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
     # amount of download traffic.
     # NOTE: We may be able to use this installArray in the future to create a list of package that were
     # installed by us, and remove only the installed packages, and not the entire list.
-    if is_command debconf-apt-progress ; then
+    if is_command apt-get ; then
         # For each package,
         for i in "$@"; do
             printf "  %b Checking for %s..." "${INFO}" "${i}"
@@ -1645,7 +1645,10 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
         done
         if [[ "${#installArray[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
             test_dpkg_lock
-            debconf-apt-progress -- "${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" "${installArray[@]}"
+            printf "  %b Processing %s install(s) for: %s, please wait...\\n" "${INFO}" "${PKG_MANAGER}" "${installArray[*]}"
+            printf '%*s\n' "$columns" '' | tr " " -;
+            "${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" "${installArray[@]}"
+            printf '%*s\n' "$columns" '' | tr " " -;
             return
         fi
         printf "\\n"
@@ -1663,7 +1666,10 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
         fi
     done
     if [[ "${#installArray[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-        "${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" "${installArray[@]}" &> /dev/null
+        printf "  %b Processing %s install(s) for: %s, please wait...\\n" "${INFO}" "${PKG_MANAGER}" "${installArray[*]}"
+        printf '%*s\n' "$columns" '' | tr " " -;
+        "${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" "${installArray[@]}"
+        printf '%*s\n' "$columns" '' | tr " " -;
         return
     fi
     printf "\\n"