expect + how to install expect on solaris

bash solaris shell-scripting expect tcl

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You arent trying to run x86 software on sparc are you?

uname -a

Uninstall the x86 packages and download and install sparc from:

http://www.sunfreeware.com/indexsparc10.html

To uninstall packages:

pkginfo | grep SMC

You'll see the three packages you installed, sunfreeware packages always have the SMC prefix, use pkgrm to remove them

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Eytan

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Eytan over 1 year
subject - install expect on solaris in order to write expect scripts

details from my machine:

uname -a SunOS 5.10 Generic_139555-08 sun4v sparc SUNW,Netra-T5220

I installed Solaris machine ( Solaris 10 ) , and then I installed successfully the following packages in order to build the expect infrastructure on my Solaris machine

But after packages installation I get the following errors

Please advice what needed in order to run expect ?
```
  1)

  /usr/local/bin/expect   -version
  /usr/local/bin/expect: cannot execute

  2)

  expect
  expect: not found
```
Example how to install expect for Solaris ( from site - http://jibbysununix.blogspot.com/2010/01/automating-sftp-with-expect-script.html )

( I downloaded the x86packages from sun freeware ) . tcl-8.5.3-sol10-x86-local libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-x86-local expect-5.43.0-sol10-x86-local
```
   1)pkgadd -d tcl-8.5.3-sol10-x86-local

   2)pkgadd -d libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-x86-local

   3)pkgadd -d expect-5.43.0-sol10-x86-local 
```
- foxfabi almost 12 years
  
  Also asked on StackOverflow: stackoverflow.com/q/10596626/7552
Eytan almost 12 years

see update in my quastion
Sirch almost 12 years

You are running sparc, therefore x86 packages wont work, immediately uninstall these packages, and download and install the solaris 10 sparc counterparts.
Eytan almost 12 years

did you know from where - wwhich site I can download the sparc pkgs as expect and tcl etc...
Sirch almost 12 years

Yes, ive added the like to my answer. Sunfreeware has both x86 and sparc packages.
Eytan almost 12 years

so according to your link I need to install the pkgs - expect-5.45-sol10-sparc-local.gz tcl-8.5.10 libgcc-3.4.6 this is true ?
Sirch almost 12 years

Thats what it says, it also says that coreutils is required... coreutils requires libiconv, libintl, gmp ... Follow the dependancies, install everything thats required.