pexpect: Python module for controlling and automating other programs

Description

Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling them; and responding to expected patterns in their output.

License

ISC license: http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license.txt This license is approved by the OSI and FSF as GPL-compatible.

Upstream Contact

• http://pexpect.readthedocs.org/en/stable/

• https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect

Dependencies

• GNU patch

• Python

Type

standard

Version Information

package-version.txt:

4.8.0

install-requires.txt:

pexpect >=4.8.0

Equivalent System Packages

conda:

$ conda install pexpect python:pexpect

macports: install the following packages: pexpect python:pexpect opensuse:

$ sudo zypper install pexpect python:pexpect

See https://repology.org/project/pexpect/versions, https://repology.org/project/python:pexpect/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution; see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023