chapter07/python.xml

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  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  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-system-Python-temp">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Python">Python</primary>
  21     <secondary>temporary</secondary>
  22   </indexterm>
  23
  24   <sect2 role="package">
  25     <title/>
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  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     <note>
  47       <para>There are two package files whose name starts with
  48       <quote>python</quote>. The one to extract from is
  49       <filename>Python-&python-version;.tar.xz</filename> (notice the
  50       uppercase first letter).</para>
  51     </note>
  52
  53     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
  54
  55 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --without-ensurepip</userinput></screen>
  56
  57     <variablelist>
  58       <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
  59
  60       <varlistentry>
  61         <term><parameter>--without-ensurepip</parameter></term>
  62         <listitem>
  63           <para>This switch disables the Python package installer, which is not
  64           needed at this stage.</para>
  65         </listitem>
  66       </varlistentry>
  67
  68     </variablelist>
  69
  70     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  71
  72 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  73
  74     <para>Install the package:</para>
  75
  76 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  77
  78   </sect2>
  79
  80   <sect2 role="content">
  81     <title/>
  82
  83     <para>Details on this package are located in
  84     <xref linkend="contents-python" role="."/></para>
  85
  86   </sect2>
  87
  88 </sect1>