topic Re: configuring expect in Operating System - HP-UX

configuring expect

Donald C Nelson — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:01:36 GMT

I am trying to configure Expect and I receive the following error:

./configure
configuring Expect 5.43.0
checking for autoconf... no
checking configure up to date... yes
checking host system type... hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00
checking target system type... hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00
checking build system type... hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00
checking shell to use within Make...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... no
checking for building with threads... no (default)
checking for Tcl configuration... configure: warning: Can't find Tcl configuration definitions
./configure[1106]: #: not found.

Re: configuring expect

Doug O'Leary — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:14:32 GMT

Hey;

Expect requires tcl. Did you download that and build it?

If you're familiar with perl, you might find the expect module easier to handle. I've always found expect's syntax to be pretty hokey. Using the perl modules you get all the clean syntax of perl with the power of expect - that and you don't have to worry about tcl, particularly if you use the CPAN module to install it...

HTH;

Doug

Re: configuring expect

Donald C Nelson — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:24:47 GMT

I have installed ActiveTcl8.4.11.2.201775-hpux-parisc.