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by **Remko Stu** » Thu, 28 Sep 1995 04:00:00

Hi,

has anyone succesfully compiled 'expect' for Linux ?

expect is a program that performs programmed dialogue with other
interactive programs.... I want it badly !
it's like 'chat' only much better...

Remko

by **Jonathan Kame** » Fri, 29 Sep 1995 04:00:00

Expect compiles out-of-the-box for me (i.e., all I have to do is run
"configure" and "make" after making sure that the Tcl source code is where
Expect can find it, because it need's Tcl's private header files to compile)
on Linux (libc 5.0.9, Tcl 7.4). I recall having a problem building Expect at
one point, but that was because I needed to install a symlink from
/usr/lib/libg.sa to libc.sa, a documented bug in previous Slackware releases
(and perhaps in the current one as well; I'm not sure).

You can get the source code for Expect from
<URL:ftp://ftp.cme.nist.gov/pub/expect/expect.tar.Z> (I think there's a
.tar.gz file too). I believe you can get the current version of Tcl from
<URL:ftp://ftp.cme.nist.gov/pub/expect/tcl.tar.Z>, although I may be getting
the file name slightly wrong.

If you've tried to compile Expect yourself and you're having problems, then
you should say in particular in your postings what problems you're having,
instead of just posting a general question asking if other people have been
able to compile Expect; after all, we can't help you solve your problems if we
don't know what they are.

by **Phil Peruc** » Tue, 03 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>has anyone succesfully compiled 'expect' for Linux ?

>expect is a program that performs programmed dialogue with other
>interactive programs.... I want it badly !
>it's like 'chat' only much better...

Yes, thank-god!!!

Expect is a big part of the reason I set up a Linux system again.
Had only been using Micro$oft offerings (forgive me!).

Just 1) did make; make install for Tcl, 2) made symlink to my Tcl source
tree (described in the Expect install instructions) and 3) did make; make
install for Expect!

Of course, my Slackware 2.3 (with kernel I compiled) has an attitude
re: make. Have to do "make -o Makefile -f Makefile" instead of just
"make" (Ouch!). I look forward to upgrading my distribution...

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anyone successfully compiled 'expect' ???

anyone successfully compiled 'expect' ???

anyone successfully compiled 'expect' ???

anyone successfully compiled 'expect' ???