expect software package provides Automates interactive applications, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install expect
expect is installed in your system.
Make ensure the expect package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep expect *
You will get with expect package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Interpreters |
| Package | expect |
| Version | 5.45-7 |
| Description | Automates interactive applications |
| Sub Section | Interpreters |