%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Python2 The Python 2 package contains the Python development environment. It is useful for object-oriented programming, writing scripts, prototyping large programs or developing entire applications. This version is for backward compatibility with other dependent packages. &lfs72_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &python2-md5sum; Download size: &python2-size; Estimated disk space required: &python2-buildsize; Estimated build time: &python2-time; Additional Downloads Download (HTTP): Download MD5 sum: &python2htmldoc-md5sum; Download size: &python2htmldoc-size; Additional Patches Required patch: Python Dependencies Recommended , and Optional and Sphinx Optional (For Additional Modules) , , and User Notes: Install Python by running the following commands: sed -i "s/ndbm_libs = \[\]/ndbm_libs = ['gdbm', 'gdbm_compat']/" setup.py && patch -Np1 -i ../Python-&python2-version;-bsddb_fix-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-shared \ --with-system-expat \ --with-system-ffi \ --enable-unicode=ucs4 && make To test the results, issue: make test. In order to use the help ('name_string') feature of the python interpreter with some statements and keywords, you must create or download the optional HTML documentation. If you have installed Sphinx and wish to create the HTML documentation: make -C Doc html Now, as the root user: make install && chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpython&python2-majorver;.so.1.0 If you created the html documentation with Sphinx then install it as the root user: install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/Python-&python2-version; && cp -rfv Doc/build/html/* /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; Alternatively, you can download preformatted documentation from and install it as the root user: install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/Python-&python2-version; && tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/share/doc/Python-&python2-version; \ -xvf ../python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2 && find /usr/share/doc/Python-&python2-version; -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \; && find /usr/share/doc/Python-&python2-version; -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \; sed -i "s/ndbm_libs = ..." setup.py: This command is used to fix a build problem with the GDBM library. --with-system-expat: This switch enables linking against system version of Expat. Remove if you have not installed recommended dependency . --with-system-ffi: This switch enables linking against system version of libffi. Remove if you have not installed recommended dependency . --enable-unicode=ucs4: This switch enables 32bit Unicode support in Python. --with-dbmliborder=bdb:gdbm:ndbm: Use this switch if you want to build Python DBM Module against Berkeley DB instead of GDBM. chmod ...: Fix permissions for libraries to be consistent with other libraries. In order for python to find the installed documentation, you must add the following environment variable to individual user's or the system's profile: export PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/Python-&python2-version; Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories 2to3, pydoc, python, python-config, python&python2-majorver;, python&python2-majorver;-config, smtpd.py, and optionally if Tk is installed, idle libpython&python2-majorver;.so and numerous modules installed in /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/lib-dynload /usr/include/python&python2-majorver;, /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;, and /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; Short Descriptions 2to3 is a Python program that reads Python 2.x source code and applies a series of fixers to transform it into valid Python 3.x code. 2to3 idle is a wrapper script that opens a Python aware GUI editor. idle pydoc is the Python documentation tool. pydoc python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. python python&python2-majorver; is a version-specific name for the python program. python&python2-majorver; smtpd.py is an SMTP proxy implemented in Python. smtpd.py