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| 6 |
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[181662f] | 7 | <!ENTITY python2-download-http
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[82fac2c] | 8 | "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python2-version;/Python-&python2-version;.tar.xz">
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[27d9434] | 9 | <!ENTITY python2-download-ftp " ">
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[167a240] | 10 | <!ENTITY python2-md5sum "41f7348b348e3f72fcfb4f4d76701352">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY python2-size "11 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY python2-buildsize "222 MB (additional 17 MB for the tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY python2-time "0.9 SBU (additional 4.2 SBU for tests)">
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[82fac2c] | 14 |
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[181662f] | 15 | <!ENTITY python2htmldoc-download-http
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[82fac2c] | 16 | "http://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/&python2-version;/python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
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[167a240] | 17 | <!ENTITY python2htmldoc-md5sum "f8e87d44548d9b7c1f7ab8af779b31c0">
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[03d30cf] | 18 | <!ENTITY python2htmldoc-size "4.3 MB">
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[bf847d6d] | 19 | ]>
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| 20 |
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[4716d52] | 21 | <sect1 id="python2" xreflabel="Python-&python2-version;">
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[bf847d6d] | 22 | <?dbhtml filename="python2.html" ?>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <sect1info>
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[4949485e] | 25 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 26 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[bf847d6d] | 27 | </sect1info>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <title>Python-&python2-version;</title>
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| 30 |
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[4716d52] | 31 | <indexterm zone="python2">
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[82fac2c] | 32 | <primary sortas="a-Python2">Python2</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 33 | </indexterm>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 36 | <title>Introduction to Python 2</title>
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| 37 |
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[181662f] | 38 | <para>
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| 39 | The <application>Python 2</application> package contains the
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[82fac2c] | 40 | <application>Python</application> development environment. It is useful
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[181662f] | 41 | for object-oriented programming, writing scripts, prototyping large
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| 42 | programs or developing entire applications. This version is for backward
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| 43 | compatibility with other dependent packages.
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| 44 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 45 |
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[a0111a9] | 46 | &lfs75_checked;
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[bf847d6d] | 47 |
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| 48 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 49 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 50 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-http;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 58 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download MD5 sum: &python2-md5sum;
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| 63 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Download size: &python2-size;
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| 68 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated disk space required: &python2-buildsize;
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| 73 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Estimated build time: &python2-time;
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| 78 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </itemizedlist>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 83 |
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[4716d52] | 84 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[bf847d6d] | 85 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 86 | <para>
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[167a240] | 87 | Required patch if you wish to run the test suite:
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| 88 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/Python-&python2-version;-skip_test_gdb-1.patch"/>
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[181662f] | 89 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 90 | </listitem>
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[5d11f8f] | 91 | </itemizedlist>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 94 | <title>Optional HTML Documentation</title>
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[bf847d6d] | 95 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 96 | <para>
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[5d11f8f] | 97 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2htmldoc-download-http;"/>
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[181662f] | 98 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 101 | <para>
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[5d11f8f] | 102 | Download MD5 sum: &python2htmldoc-md5sum;
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[181662f] | 103 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 104 | </listitem>
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[fb990982] | 105 | <listitem>
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| 106 | <para>
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[5d11f8f] | 107 | Download size: &python2htmldoc-size;
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[fb990982] | 108 | </para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </itemizedlist>
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| 111 |
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[03d30cf] | 112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[bf847d6d] | 113 |
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[82fac2c] | 114 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 115 | <para role="recommended">
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[adf6dd9a] | 116 | <xref linkend="libffi"/>
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[82fac2c] | 117 | </para>
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| 118 |
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[bf847d6d] | 119 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[181662f] | 120 | <para role="optional">
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[03d30cf] | 121 | <xref linkend="bluez"/>
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[82fac2c] | 122 | </para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (For Additional Modules)</bridgehead>
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| 125 | <para role="optional">
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| 126 | <xref linkend="db"/>,
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[181662f] | 127 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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[82fac2c] | 128 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
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| 129 | <xref linkend="tk"/>
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[181662f] | 130 | </para>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 133 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Python"/>
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| 134 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 135 | </sect2>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[03d30cf] | 138 | <title>Installation of Python 2</title>
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[bf847d6d] | 139 |
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[181662f] | 140 | <para>
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[03d30cf] | 141 | Install <application>Python 2</application> by running the following
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[181662f] | 142 | commands:
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| 143 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 144 |
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[167a240] | 145 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[82fac2c] | 146 | --enable-shared \
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| 147 | --with-system-expat \
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| 148 | --with-system-ffi \
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| 149 | --enable-unicode=ucs4 &&
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[bf847d6d] | 150 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 151 |
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[167a240] | 152 | <para>
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| 153 | If you wish to run the test suite, disable a test that fails:
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| 154 | </para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../Python-&python2-version;-skip_test_gdb-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 157 |
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[181662f] | 158 | <para>
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| 159 | To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
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| 160 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 161 |
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[181662f] | 162 | <para>
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| 163 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 164 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 165 |
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[7224506] | 166 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 167 | chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpython&python2-majorver;.so.1.0</userinput></screen>
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[bf847d6d] | 168 |
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[181662f] | 169 | <para>
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[7fe0ce3b] | 170 | Since <application>Python 2</application> is in maintenance mode, and
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| 171 | <application>Python 3</application> is recommended by upstream for
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| 172 | development, probably, you do not need to install the documentation.
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| 173 | However, if you still want to install documentation for both
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| 174 | <application>Python</application> versions, be sure to define PYTHONDOCS
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| 175 | variable for the version you want to use, each time you need to consult
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| 176 | the documentation. If you have downloaded the preformatted documentation
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| 177 | from <ulink url="http://docs.python.org/download.html"/>, install it
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[03d30cf] | 178 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[181662f] | 179 | </para>
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| 180 |
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[23d3543c] | 181 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; &&
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[03d30cf] | 182 | tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; \
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[ff3093a7] | 183 | --no-same-owner -xvf ../python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2 &&
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[03d30cf] | 184 | find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \; &&
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| 185 | find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
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[bf847d6d] | 186 | </sect2>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 189 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 190 |
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[82fac2c] | 191 | <para>
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| 192 | <option>--with-system-expat</option>: This switch enables linking against
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[56605b9] | 193 | system version of <application>Expat</application>.
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[82fac2c] | 194 | </para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <para>
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| 197 | <option>--with-system-ffi</option>: This switch enables linking against
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| 198 | system version of <application>libffi</application>. Remove if you have
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[03d30cf] | 199 | not installed <xref linkend="libffi"/>.
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[82fac2c] | 200 | </para>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <para>
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| 203 | <parameter>--enable-unicode=ucs4</parameter>: This switch enables
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| 204 | 32bit Unicode support in <application>Python</application>.
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <para>
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| 208 | <parameter>--with-dbmliborder=bdb:gdbm:ndbm</parameter>: Use this switch
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[0d7900a] | 209 | if you want to build <application>Python</application> DBM Module
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[82fac2c] | 210 | against <application>Berkeley DB</application> instead of
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| 211 | <application>GDBM</application>.
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| 212 | </para>
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| 213 |
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[181662f] | 214 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 215 | <command>chmod ...</command>: Fix permissions for libraries to be
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[181662f] | 216 | consistent with other libraries.
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| 217 | </para>
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[82fac2c] | 218 |
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[bf847d6d] | 219 | </sect2>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 222 | <title>Configuring Python 2</title>
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| 223 |
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[181662f] | 224 | <para>
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| 225 | In order for <command>python</command> to find the installed
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| 226 | documentation, you must add the following environment variable to
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| 227 | individual user's or the system's profile:
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| 228 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 229 |
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[03d30cf] | 230 | <screen role="root"><userinput>export PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;</userinput></screen>
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[82fac2c] | 231 |
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[bf847d6d] | 232 | </sect2>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 235 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <segmentedlist>
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| 238 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[03d30cf] | 239 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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[bf847d6d] | 240 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <seglistitem>
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[181662f] | 243 | <seg>
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[167a240] | 244 | 2to3, pydoc, python (symlink), python-config (symlink),
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| 245 | python2 (symlink), python2-config (symlink),
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[03d30cf] | 246 | python&python2-majorver;, python&python2-majorver;-config,
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| 247 | smtpd.py, and optionally if <application>Tk</application>
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| 248 | is installed, idle
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[181662f] | 249 | </seg>
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| 250 | <seg>
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[03d30cf] | 251 | libpython&python2-majorver;.so
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[167a240] | 252 | and several under /usr/lib/python2.7/{config,lib-dynload}
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[181662f] | 253 | </seg>
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| 254 | <seg>
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| 255 | /usr/include/python&python2-majorver;,
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| 256 | /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;, and
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| 257 | /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;</seg>
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[bf847d6d] | 258 | </seglistitem>
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| 259 | </segmentedlist>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <variablelist>
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| 262 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 263 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 264 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 265 |
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[62f9a8e] | 266 | <varlistentry id="python2-2to3">
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| 267 | <term><command>2to3</command></term>
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>
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| 270 | is a <application>Python</application> program that reads
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| 271 | <application>Python 2.x</application> source code and applies a series of
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| 272 | fixers to transform it into valid <application>Python 3.x</application>
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| 273 | code.
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| 274 | </para>
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| 275 | <indexterm zone="python2 python2-2to3">
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| 276 | <primary sortas="b-2to3">2to3</primary>
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| 277 | </indexterm>
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| 278 | </listitem>
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| 279 | </varlistentry>
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| 280 |
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[03d30cf] | 281 | <varlistentry id="idle">
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[bf847d6d] | 282 | <term><command>idle</command></term>
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| 283 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 284 | <para>
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| 285 | is a wrapper script that opens a <application>Python</application>
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| 286 | aware GUI editor.
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| 287 | </para>
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[03d30cf] | 288 | <indexterm zone="python2 idle">
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| 289 | <primary sortas="b-idle">idle</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 290 | </indexterm>
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| 291 | </listitem>
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| 292 | </varlistentry>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <varlistentry id="pydoc2">
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| 295 | <term><command>pydoc</command></term>
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| 296 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 297 | <para>
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| 298 | is the <application>Python</application> documentation tool.
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| 299 | </para>
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[4716d52] | 300 | <indexterm zone="python2 pydoc2">
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[bf847d6d] | 301 | <primary sortas="b-pydoc2">pydoc</primary>
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| 302 | </indexterm>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 | </varlistentry>
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| 305 |
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[181662f] | 306 | <varlistentry id="python">
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[bf847d6d] | 307 | <term><command>python</command></term>
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| 308 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 309 | <para>
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| 310 | is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
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| 311 | language.
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| 312 | </para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="python2 python">
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[4716d52] | 314 | <primary sortas="b-python2">python</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="python2-ver">
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| 320 | <term><command>python&python2-majorver;</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 322 | <para>
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| 323 | is a version-specific name for the <command>python</command>
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| 324 | program.
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| 325 | </para>
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[4716d52] | 326 | <indexterm zone="python2 python2-ver">
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[b88be39] | 327 | <primary sortas="b-python&python2-majorver;">python&python2-majorver;</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 328 | </indexterm>
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| 329 | </listitem>
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| 330 | </varlistentry>
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| 331 |
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[03d30cf] | 332 | <varlistentry id="smtpd.py">
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[bf847d6d] | 333 | <term><command>smtpd.py</command></term>
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| 334 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 335 | <para>
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| 336 | is an SMTP proxy implemented in <application>Python</application>.
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| 337 | </para>
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[03d30cf] | 338 | <indexterm zone="python2 smtpd.py">
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| 339 | <primary sortas="b-smtpd.py">smtpd.py</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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[82fac2c] | 343 |
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[bf847d6d] | 344 | </variablelist>
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[82fac2c] | 345 |
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[bf847d6d] | 346 | </sect2>
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[82fac2c] | 347 |
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[bf847d6d] | 348 | </sect1>
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