Bash – expect + how to install expect on solaris

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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

Best Answer

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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