How to Install and Uninstall expect Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "expect" package

Please follow the guidance below to install expect on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                expect
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "expect" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall expect on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                expect
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the expect package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: expect
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.45.4-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sergei Golovan
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 291
Provides: expect-dev
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), tcl-expect
Recommends: tcl8.6
Suggests: tk8.6
Conflicts: expect-dev
Replaces: expect-dev
Filename: pool/universe/e/expect/expect_5.45.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 137204
MD5sum: 881c391eb8b07e2fa8503087db50d3eb
SHA1: 8db79206b6d893ba02d925684cab353fa8963667
SHA256: a99fbf740c8a91a0e34cbabadbf6bb011bf786c583ba3e5d603ab3dc9bf06c3b
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expect/
Description: Automates interactive applications
Description-md5: 168e2767f12c89e933bb55f9c42e3ebf