.. _spkg_ptyprocess:

ptyprocess: Python interaction with subprocesses in a pseudoterminal
====================================================================

Description
-----------

Launch a subprocess in a pseudo terminal (pty), and interact with both
the process and its pty.

Sometimes, piping stdin and stdout is not enough. There might be a
password prompt that doesn't read from stdin, output that changes when
it's going to a pipe rather than a terminal, or curses-style interfaces
that rely on a terminal. If you need to automate these things, running
the process in a pseudo terminal (pty) is the answer.

License
-------

Ptyprocess is under the ISC license, as code derived from Pexpect.

   http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC


Upstream Contact
----------------

https://github.com/pexpect/ptyprocess

Type
----

standard


Dependencies
------------

- $(PYTHON)
- $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)

Version Information
-------------------

package-version.txt::

    0.7.0

version_requirements.txt::

    ptyprocess > 0.5


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

.. tab:: Arch Linux

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo pacman -S python-ptyprocess 


.. tab:: conda-forge

   No package needed.

.. tab:: Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo dnf install python3-ptyprocess 


.. tab:: FreeBSD

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo pkg install sysutils/py-ptyprocess 


.. tab:: Gentoo Linux

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo emerge dev-python/ptyprocess 


.. tab:: MacPorts

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo port install py-ptyprocess 


.. tab:: openSUSE

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo zypper install 'python3${PYTHON_MINOR}-ptyprocess' 


.. tab:: Void Linux

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo xbps-install python3-ptyprocess 



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

If the system package is installed and if the (experimental) option
``--enable-system-site-packages`` is passed to ``./configure``, then ``./configure``
will check if the system package can be used.

