How to Install and Uninstall expect Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the expect on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "expect" package

Please follow the instructions below to install expect on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall expect on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the expect package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: expect
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.45.4-2build1
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: 296
Provides: expect-dev
Depends: tcl8.6, libc6 (>= 2.4), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), tcl-expect
Suggests: tk8.6
Conflicts: expect-dev
Replaces: expect-dev
Filename: pool/universe/e/expect/expect_5.45.4-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 137248
MD5sum: 3e9db572437b985e22d0a3c42b542384
SHA1: 225326e2d575450812712295eeb92d54b41db67d
SHA256: fcd20f5acb446b22ecf93425fb96b5eb005a99159dca8e67113df814ade96dbe
SHA512: 6c14779c7867362d2ba0abd8dbd9085201921116699d26bf77773a33606085286ef8fb31c43568ceb9ac4ee1a61cb07d8c240c6fd941d9d7e098a847d4238156
Homepage: https://core.tcl.tk/expect/
Description: Automates interactive applications
Description-md5: 168e2767f12c89e933bb55f9c42e3ebf