%general-entities; ]> Expect First fix a bug that can result in false failures during the GCC test suite run: patch -Np1 -i ../expect-&expect-version;-spawn-1.patch Now prepare Expect for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib --with-x=no The meaning of the configure options: --with-tcl=/tools/lib This ensures that the configure script finds the Tcl installation in the temporary tools location instead of possibly finding an existing one on the host system. --with-x=no This tells the configure script not to search for Tk (the Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System libraries, both of which may possibly reside on the host system. Build the package: make To test the results, issue: make test. Note that the Expect test suite is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that are not within our control. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising, and are not considered critical. Install the package: make SCRIPTS="" install The meaning of the make parameter: SCRIPTS="" This prevents installation of the supplementary expect scripts, which are not needed. You can now remove the source directories of both Tcl and Expect. Installed program Installed library expectlibexpect&expect-version;.a expect expect talks to other interactive programs according to a script.