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title: Install expect on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of expect for Linux - Automates interactive applications
url: https://snapcraft.io/expect
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# expect

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* [Canonical](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/canonical "View all snaps from Canonical")

latest/stable 5.45-7snap0

Install latest/stable of expect

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install expect
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* expect

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### License

* Other Open Source

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### Last updated

* 17 May 2017 - latest/stable
* 17 May 2017 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Contact

* [snaps@canonical.com](mailto:snaps@canonical.com "mailto:snaps@canonical.com")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/expect#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/expect#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/expect#tab-security)

#### Automates interactive applications

Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications according to a script.
Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected from a program and what
the correct response should be. Expect is also useful for testing these same
applications.

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## Install expect on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/expect/raspbian)