chapter05/python.xml

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  12     <productname>Python</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&python-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&python-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Python-&python-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-tools-Python">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Python">Python</primary>
  21     <secondary>tools</secondary>
  22   </indexterm>
  23
  24   <sect2 role="package">
  25     <title/>
  26
  27     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
  28     href="../chapter06/python.xml"
  29     xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
  30
  31     <segmentedlist>
  32     <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  33       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  34
  35       <seglistitem>
  36         <seg>&python-ch5-sbu;</seg>
  37         <seg>&python-ch5-du;</seg>
  38       </seglistitem>
  39     </segmentedlist>
  40
  41   </sect2>
  42
  43   <sect2 role="installation">
  44     <title>Installation of Python</title>
  45
  46     <para>This package first builds the Python interpreter, then some
  47     standard Python modules. The main script for building modules is
  48     written in Python, and uses hard-coded paths to the host <filename
  49     class="directory">/usr/include</filename> and <filename
  50     class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> directories. To prevent them
  51     from being used, issue:</para>
  52
  53 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/def add_multiarch_paths/a \        return' setup.py</userinput></screen>
  54
  55     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
  56
  57 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --without-ensurepip</userinput></screen>
  58
  59     <variablelist>
  60       <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
  61
  62       <varlistentry>
  63         <term><parameter>--without-ensurepip</parameter></term>
  64         <listitem>
  65           <para>This switch disables the Python installer, which is not needed
  66           at this stage.</para>
  67         </listitem>
  68       </varlistentry>
  69
  70     </variablelist>
  71
  72     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  73
  74 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  75
  76     <para>Compilation is now complete. The test suite requires TK and
  77     and X Windows and cannot be run at this time.
  78     </para>
  79
  80     <para>Install the package:</para>
  81
  82 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  83
  84   </sect2>
  85
  86   <sect2 role="content">
  87     <title/>
  88
  89     <para>Details on this package are located in
  90     <xref linkend="contents-python" role="."/></para>
  91
  92   </sect2>
  93
  94 </sect1>