brew

Installer expect avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, winget

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de expect pour les workflows d'agents IA.

Commande d'installation Notes de sécurité

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install expect

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install expect

MacPorts ports tree · devel/expect/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%

sudo apk add expect

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · expect · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%

sudo apt install expect

Debian stable package indexes · expect · Source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%

sudo dnf install expect

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · expect · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#expect

nixpkgs package indexes · expect · Source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%

sudo pacman -S expect

Arch Linux sync databases · expect · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%

sudo zypper install expect

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · expect · Source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%

winget install --id FlorinZamfir.Weather -e

Windows Package Manager source index · FlorinZamfir.Weather · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Program that can automate interactive applications

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

autoexpect
autopasswd
cryptdir
decryptdir
dislocate
expect
ftp-rfc
kibitz
lpunlock
mkpasswd
multixterm
passmass
rftp
rlogin-cwd
timed-read
timed-run
tknewsbiff
tkpasswd
unbuffer
weather
xkibitz
xpstat

historique

Historique du projet et usages

Expect is Don Libes' Tcl-based tool for automating interactive programs. Its package-manager significance comes from a stubbornly practical Unix problem: many tools were designed for humans at terminals, and Expect made those conversations scriptable.

Historique du projet

The Expect homepage says Expect was conceived in September 1987, with the bulk of version 2 designed and written between January and April 1990. It was later rewritten substantially for Tcl 6.0 in October 1991, then advanced through Expect 4 and Expect 5 as Tcl and Tk evolved.

Expect's history is tightly tied to Tcl and Tk. Expect uses Tcl as its control language for procedures, loops, file I/O, arithmetic, and scripting, and Tk support arrived with the Expect 4 line. The project also includes libexpect for C or C++ programs, although the README argues that the standalone expect scripting tool is usually the easier path.

Historique d'adoption

Expect spread through sysadmin and testing culture before today's automation stacks existed. The official site lists papers from USENIX 1990, LISA IV, Computing Systems, USENIX 1992, and other venues covering system administration, regression testing, conformance testing, and automating interactive network applications.

The README presents practical adoption signals from the era: users could get readings and transparencies, build Expect with or without Tcl and Tk, embed it in C programs, and buy commercial support or classes from companies such as ActiveState, Cygnus Support, and Computerized Processes Unlimited.

Modes d'utilisation

Expect scripts spawn a program, send input, wait for expected output, and optionally hand control back to the user. The official introduction names telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, and tip as examples, and also calls out testing interactive applications.

The package includes helper programs such as autoexpect and unbuffer. In package-manager terms, Expect is often installed not because it is fashionable, but because some installer, test, login workflow, serial-console workflow, or legacy admin script needs to drive an interactive prompt reliably.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Expect is one of the canonical examples of a small Unix automation language that survived because the problem survived. SSH, CI, APIs, and configuration management reduced many uses, but they did not eliminate password prompts, REPLs, terminal programs, embedded consoles, or old scripts.

For packagers, Expect also brings the Tcl dependency relationship into focus: the executable is useful by itself, but its language runtime, optional Tk integration, examples, man pages, and legacy scripts shape how downstream packages split and test it.

Chronologie

1987: Expect was conceived in September.
1990: The bulk of version 2 was designed and written between January and April.
1991: About half of Expect was rewritten for Tcl 6.0.
1993: Expect 4 alpha introduced Tk support; production Expect 4 followed in August.
1994: Production Expect 5 was released in March.
1995: The Exploring Expect book became available in January.
1999: Substantial rewriting added Tcl 8.2 support, an exp-channel driver, object support, and Unicode-related work.

Related projects

Tcl is Expect's control language and runtime foundation.
Tk is the GUI toolkit used by Expect variants such as expectk.
DejaGnu is related through the regression and conformance testing use case mentioned in Expect's readings.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Classificateur de risque

risque blue · confiance moyen · tool

Pourquoi

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signaux

text:ftp,decrypt

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 8 plateformes.
S’installe avec 1 dépendances d’exécution.
Les métadonnées de compilation listent 3 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition
`autoexpect`	cli	exécutable global
`autopasswd`	cli	exécutable global
`cryptdir`	cli	exécutable global
`decryptdir`	cli	exécutable global
`dislocate`	cli	exécutable global
`expect`	cli	exécutable global
`ftp-rfc`	cli	exécutable global
`kibitz`	cli	exécutable global
`lpunlock`	cli	exécutable global
`mkpasswd`	cli	exécutable global
`multixterm`	cli	exécutable global
`passmass`	cli	exécutable global
`rftp`	cli	exécutable global
`rlogin-cwd`	cli	exécutable global
`timed-read`	cli	exécutable global
`timed-run`	cli	exécutable global
`tknewsbiff`	cli	exécutable global
`tkpasswd`	cli	exécutable global
`unbuffer`	cli	exécutable global
`weather`	cli	exécutable global
`xkibitz`	cli	exécutable global
`xpstat`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-10

version du gestionnaire5.45.4

gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-19

données localesOK

amontnot checked

dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/indexconfiance none

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:expect
Version	5.45.4
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/expect
Page d'accueil	https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index
Dépôt	https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect
Docs amont	https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/dir
Licence	LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Archive source	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/expect/Expect/5.45.4/expect5.45.4.tar.gz
Dernière mise à jour	2026-06-19T12:30:06-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dépendances	tcl-tk@8
Dépendances de compilation	autoconf, automake, libtool
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	expect
Version Scheme	0
Revision	3
Conflicts With	bash-snippets ircd-hybrid
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

expect 5.45.4-4

Automates interactive applications

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/

sudo apt install expect

Section: interpreters
Architecture: amd64
4 Dépendances
1 fournit
1 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: expect from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

tcl-expect 5.45.4-4

Automates interactive applications (Tcl package)

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/

sudo apt install tcl-expect

Section: interpreters
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: expect
2 Dépendances
1 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: tcl-expect from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

tcl-expect-dev 5.45.4-4

Automates interactive applications (development)

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/

sudo apt install tcl-expect-dev

Section: devel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: expect
2 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: tcl-expect-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

expect

nix profile install nixpkgs#expect

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: expect from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

Ubuntu apt95%

expect 5.45.4-3

Automates interactive applications

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/

sudo apt install expect

Section: universe/interpreters
Architecture: amd64
4 Dépendances
1 fournit
1 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: expect from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

tcl-expect 5.45.4-3

Automates interactive applications (Tcl package)

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/

sudo apt install tcl-expect

Section: universe/interpreters
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: expect
2 Dépendances
1 dépendances optionnelles
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcl-expect from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

tcl-expect-dev 5.45.4-3

Automates interactive applications (development)

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/

sudo apt install tcl-expect-dev

Section: universe/devel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: expect
2 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcl-expect-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

expect 5.45.4-r5

A tool for automating interactive applications

https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index

sudo apk add expect

License: NIST-PD
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
1 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: expect from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

expect-dev 5.45.4-r5

A tool for automating interactive applications (development files)

https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index

sudo apk add expect-dev

License: NIST-PD
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: expect-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

expect-doc 5.45.4-r5

A tool for automating interactive applications (documentation)

https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index

sudo apk add expect-doc

License: NIST-PD
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: expect-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

expect 5.45.4-31.fc45

A program-script interaction and testing utility

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/index

sudo dnf install expect

License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
5 Dépendances
2 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: expect from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

expect-devel 5.45.4-31.fc45

A program-script interaction and testing utility

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/index

sudo dnf install expect-devel

License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: expect
1 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: expect-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

expectk 5.45.4-31.fc45

A program-script interaction and testing utility

https://core.tcl.tk/expect/index

sudo dnf install expectk

License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
2 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: expectk from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

expect 5.45.4-5

A tool for automating interactive applications

https://www.nist.gov/el/msid/expect.cfm

sudo pacman -S expect

License: custom
Architecture: x86_64
1 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: expect from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

expect 5.45.4-8.4

A Tool for Automating Interactive Programs

https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/

sudo zypper install expect

License: SUSE-Public-Domain
Category: Development/Languages/Tcl
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
4 Dépendances
2 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: expect from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

expect-devel 5.45.4-8.4

Header Files and C API Documentation for expect

https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/

sudo zypper install expect-devel

License: SUSE-Public-Domain
Category: Development/Libraries/Tcl
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: expect
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Expect

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: expect-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/expect.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Installer expect avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, winget

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Linux

Windows

Résumé du paquet

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

Historique du projet et usages

Historique du projet

Historique d'adoption

Modes d'utilisation

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Chronologie

Related projects

Sources

Niveau de risque : blue

Classificateur de risque

Pourquoi

Signaux

Comportement d'installation

Revue recommandée

Exécutables installés

Version et fraîcheur

Métadonnées du paquet

Détails de la base source

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Liens internes de paquets

Hubs thématiques

Outils liés

Même workflow

Guides de sécurité des agents

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Combined YAML source

Sources utilisées