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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 ?

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  /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
Eytan
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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

Sirch
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  • see update in my quastion – Eytan May 15 '12 at 10:46
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    You are running sparc, therefore x86 packages wont work, immediately uninstall these packages, and download and install the solaris 10 sparc counterparts. – Sirch May 15 '12 at 11:01
  • did you know from where - wwhich site I can download the sparc pkgs as expect and tcl etc... – Eytan May 15 '12 at 11:10
  • Yes, ive added the like to my answer. Sunfreeware has both x86 and sparc packages. – Sirch May 15 '12 at 11:11
  • 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 ? – Eytan May 15 '12 at 11:20
  • Thats what it says, it also says that coreutils is required... coreutils requires libiconv, libintl, gmp ... Follow the dependancies, install everything thats required. – Sirch May 15 '12 at 11:23
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There are other sources of Solaris packages, for example OpenCSW. They provide tools to perform automatic dependency resolution, and will make sure to download the right architecture.

pkgadd -d http://get.opencsw.org/now
pkgutil -U
pkgutil -y -i expect

Executables will be placed in /opt/csw/bin, e.g. /opt/csw/bin/expect.

automaciej
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