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Topic: need to run tcl/expect or Python Pexpect on openwrt

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Post #2
commodo
9 May 2015, 15:21

If all that it needs is Python, you could just unzip it from here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pexpect/3.3
And then copy it on your device.

But first

opkg update ; opkg install python

And you'd need to make sure you have about 15+ MB for Python to install everything.
Tcl/Tk may not be in OpenWRT's Python, since I think it requires X11 and a display.

Obviously [if 15 MB is too much] you could start with just installing python-light (opkg install python-light) and add other packages that are needed (for Pexpect) afterward.
Python has been split into smaller packages to offer some configurability to fit onto smaller flashes.

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