how to install Expect for windows using ActiveTCL 8.6 x86

Question

I'm trying to install Expect for Windows using ActiveTCL and I'm having a helluva time. I understand I need to use teacup/teapot? Is there any documentation at all? I'm trying to run teacup and it says "can't create directory" on my network drive, it's trying to install in a random directory that I can't seem to change..

I've spent a day trying to figure out how to install, what I thought would be, a simple program...

Answer 1

Yes! Thanks for this post @Sean Farley! Adding Expect to ActiveTcl was a clear as mud. I agree that it does not seem to be supported in Tcl 8.6 or 64-bit Tcl 8.5. After installing & uninstalling both of those the 32-bit version worked (also I think it's "teacup install Expect" to install).

Answer 2

Run command "teacup install Except" in prompt. You can type "teacup help" to find more information.

Answer 3

I am convinced that Expect does not work on 8.6, at least as advertised by the documentation on ActiveTcl's site. I have spent the last three hours trying to get it to work without success. I uninstalled Tcl 8.6, and downgraded to 8.5 (32 bit). Once that was done, I opened the "Tclsh" application and ran the command "teapot install Expect" That is probably not the solution you are looking for, but that's what I did.