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expectk


Information about the package, expectk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The expectk package is designed for, A program-script interaction and testing utility.


Package Name:

expectk

Summary:

A program-script interaction and testing utility

Description:

Expect is a tcl application for automating and testing interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect makes it easy for a script to control another program and interact with it. This package contains expectk and some scripts that use it.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.44.1.15

Release:

5.el6_4

Size:

50 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Public Domain



Handy Yum Commands for expectk


Control the expectk package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install expectk

This command will install expectk on the server.

yum remove expectk

This command will un-install expectk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove expectk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove expectk

This command will un-install expectk on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove expectk when using the -y flag.

yum update expectk

This command will update expectk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove expectk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update expectk

This command will update expectk to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove expectk when using the -y flag.

yum info expectk

This command will show you core information about the expectk package.

yum deplist expectk

This command will show you the dependencies for expectk. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update expectk

This command will check if there is an update waiting on expectk. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.