EXPECT and TCL ??on Knoppix

[kasun04]

Is the Expect (scripting language with TCL) comes with Knoppix Live CD??

[bigtomrodney]

It is not included in the package list to my knowledge, but Knoppix is Debian based so you should be able to install TCL using apt-get when up and running.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tcl tcl-tk

You should also be able to browse for it in Aptitude or Synaptic.

[kasun04]

Thanks for the immediate reply..

But I'm not so familiar with code that u have written.
-Since, It's a live CD how can we install Expect.
-Can't we use the Expect distribution (on top of TCL/TK Distribution)
to install it on Knoppix?
-Is Fedora C4 or later version comes with Expect ?

[bigtomrodney]

The install in Knoppix will only last while you run the live cd, it will be gone when you power down.

I'm not sure about Fedora. I would assume so. I know Suse comes with TCL/TK.

[Thinker]

Hi kasun04,

Is Fedora C4 or later version comes with Expect ?

Yes, Fedora Core 4 and Core 5 does have expect package. They also do have with Tcl/Tk packages.

With Regards,
Thinker

[xxqq]

Perhaps you can try Puppy Linux LiveCD with ActiveTCL:

http://wiki.tcl.tk/11951

I installed ActiveTcl (native mode) for linux on Puppy - not a glitch.

http://support.activestate.com/product/activetcl

Where is Expect? Older versions of ActiveTcl had an expect executable, but the new versions don't. Where did it go?
Rather than being linked to a different interpreter, Expect has been made into a proper Tcl package. If you have the line:
package require Expect
In your source file before the first use of any Expect functions or variables, you can then run the file using tclsh, without having to use a special interpreter.