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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY python2-download-http
8 "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python2-version;/Python-&python2-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY python2-download-ftp " ">
10 <!ENTITY python2-md5sum "fd6cc8ec0a78c44036f825e739f36e5a">
11 <!ENTITY python2-size "12.2 MB">
12 <!ENTITY python2-buildsize "134 MB (add 17 MB for tests)">
13 <!ENTITY python2-time "0.7 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 7.1 SBU for tests)">
14
15 <!ENTITY python2htmldoc-download-http
16 "https://docs.python.org/ftp/python/doc/&python2-version;/python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
17]>
18
19<sect1 id="python2" xreflabel="Python-&python2-version;">
20 <?dbhtml filename="python2.html" ?>
21
22 <sect1info>
23 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
24 <date>$Date$</date>
25 </sect1info>
26
27 <title>Python-&python2-version;</title>
28
29 <indexterm zone="python2">
30 <primary sortas="a-Python2">Python2</primary>
31 </indexterm>
32
33 <sect2 role="package">
34 <title>Introduction to Python 2</title>
35
36 <para>
37 The <application>Python 2</application> package contains the
38 <application>Python</application> development environment. It is useful
39 for object-oriented programming, writing scripts, prototyping large
40 programs or developing entire applications. This version is for backward
41 compatibility with other dependent packages.
42 </para>
43
44 <note>
45 <para>
46 Python2 has been deprecated by the upstream developers.
47 Support for Python2 was discontinued on January 1st, 2020.
48 </para>
49
50 <para>
51 BLFS is attempting to use Python3 as much as possible, but some
52 packages have not been updated to support Python3.
53 </para>
54 </note>
55
56
57 &lfs10_checked;
58
59 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
60 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-http;"/>
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-ftp;"/>
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 <listitem>
72 <para>
73 Download MD5 sum: &python2-md5sum;
74 </para>
75 </listitem>
76 <listitem>
77 <para>
78 Download size: &python2-size;
79 </para>
80 </listitem>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>
83 Estimated disk space required: &python2-buildsize;
84 </para>
85 </listitem>
86 <listitem>
87 <para>
88 Estimated build time: &python2-time;
89 </para>
90 </listitem>
91 </itemizedlist>
92
93 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
94
95 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
96 <title>Optional HTML Documentation</title>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>
99 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2htmldoc-download-http;"/>
100 </para>
101 </listitem>
102 </itemizedlist>
103
104 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
105<!--
106 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
107 <para role="recommended">
108 <xref linkend="libffi"/>
109 </para>
110-->
111 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
112 <para role="optional">
113 <xref linkend="bluez"/> and
114 <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
115 </para>
116
117 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (For Additional Modules)</bridgehead>
118 <para role="optional">
119 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
120 <xref linkend="tk"/>
121 </para>
122
123 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
124 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Python"/>
125 </para>
126 </sect2>
127
128 <sect2 role="installation">
129 <title>Installation of Python 2</title>
130
131 <caution>
132 <para>
133 After installing this package or
134 updating <application>pip2</application> with the command
135 <command>pip2 install --upgrade pip</command>, it will remove
136 <application>pip3</application> installed in LFS. To reset
137 <application>pip</application> and <application>pip3</application>,
138 run, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
139 </para>
140
141<screen role="nodump"><userinput>python3 -m pip install --force pip</userinput></screen>
142 </caution>
143
144 <para>
145 Install <application>Python 2</application> by running the following
146 commands:
147 </para>
148
149<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
150 --enable-shared \
151 --with-system-expat \
152 --with-system-ffi \
153 --with-ensurepip=yes \
154 --enable-unicode=ucs4 &amp;&amp;
155make</userinput></screen>
156
157 <para>
158 To test the results, issue: <command>make -k test</command>.
159 </para>
160
161 <para>
162 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
163 </para>
164
165<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
166chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpython&python2-majorver;.so.1.0</userinput></screen>
167
168 <para>
169 Since <application>Python 2</application> is in maintenance mode, and
170 <application>Python 3</application> is recommended by upstream for
171 development, you probably do not need to install the documentation.
172 However, if you still want to install documentation for both
173 <application>Python</application> versions, be sure to define the
174 <envar>PYTHONDOCS</envar>
175 variable for the version you want to use, each time you need to consult
176 the documentation. If you have downloaded the preformatted documentation
177 from <ulink url="http://docs.python.org/download.html"/>, install it
178 as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
179 </para>
180
181<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; &amp;&amp;
182
183tar --strip-components=1 \
184 --no-same-owner \
185 --directory /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; \
186 -xvf ../python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2 &amp;&amp;
187
188find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \; &amp;&amp;
189find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
190 </sect2>
191
192 <sect2 role="commands">
193 <title>Command Explanations</title>
194
195 <para>
196 <parameter>--with-system-expat</parameter>: This switch enables linking
197 against system version of <application>Expat</application>.
198 </para>
199
200 <para>
201 <parameter>--with-system-ffi</parameter>: This switch enables linking
202 against system version of <application>libffi</application>.
203 </para>
204
205 <para>
206 <parameter>--with-ensurepip=yes</parameter> : This switch enables building
207 <command>pip</command> and <command>setuptools</command> packaging programs.
208 <command>setuptools</command> is needed for building some Python modules.
209 </para>
210
211 <para>
212 <parameter>--enable-unicode=ucs4</parameter>: This switch enables
213 32bit Unicode support in <application>Python</application>.
214 </para>
215
216 <para>
217 <option>--with-dbmliborder=bdb:gdbm:ndbm</option>: Use this switch
218 if you want to build <application>Python</application> DBM Module
219 against <application>Berkeley DB</application> instead of
220 <application>GDBM</application>.
221 </para>
222
223 <para>
224 <command>chmod ...</command>: Fix permissions for libraries to be
225 consistent with other libraries.
226 </para>
227
228 </sect2>
229
230 <sect2 role="configuration">
231 <title>Configuring Python 2</title>
232
233 <para>
234 In order for <command>python</command> to find the installed
235 documentation, you must add the following environment variable to
236 individual user's or the system's profile:
237 </para>
238
239<screen role="root"><userinput>export PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;</userinput></screen>
240
241 </sect2>
242
243 <sect2 role="content">
244 <title>Contents</title>
245
246 <segmentedlist>
247 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
248 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
249 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
250
251 <seglistitem>
252 <seg>
253 2to3, pip2, pydoc, python (symlink), python-config (symlink),
254 python2 (symlink), python2-config (symlink),
255 python&python2-majorver;, python&python2-majorver;-config,
256 smtpd.py, and idle
257 </seg>
258 <seg>
259 libpython&python2-majorver;.so
260 </seg>
261 <seg>
262 /usr/{include,lib}/python&python2-majorver; and
263 /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;
264 </seg>
265 </seglistitem>
266 </segmentedlist>
267
268 <variablelist>
269 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
270 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
271 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
272
273 <varlistentry id="python2-2to3">
274 <term><command>2to3</command></term>
275 <listitem>
276 <para>
277 is a <application>Python</application> program that reads
278 <application>Python 2.x</application> source code and applies a
279 series of fixes to transform it into valid
280 <application>Python 3.x</application> code.
281 </para>
282 <indexterm zone="python2 python2-2to3">
283 <primary sortas="b-2to3">2to3</primary>
284 </indexterm>
285 </listitem>
286 </varlistentry>
287
288 <varlistentry id="pip2">
289 <term><command>pip2</command></term>
290 <listitem>
291 <para>
292 is the package manager for <application>Python 2.x</application>.
293 It is used to automate management of
294 <application>Python 2.x</application> modules.
295 </para>
296 <indexterm zone="python2 pip2">
297 <primary sortas="b-pip2">pip2</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301
302 <varlistentry id="idle">
303 <term><command>idle</command></term>
304 <listitem>
305 <para>
306 is a wrapper script that opens a <application>Python</application>
307 aware GUI editor. For this script to run, you must have installed
308 <application>Tk</application> before Python so that the Tkinter
309 Python module is built.
310 </para>
311 <indexterm zone="python2 idle">
312 <primary sortas="b-idle">idle</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="pydoc2">
318 <term><command>pydoc</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>
321 is the <application>Python</application> documentation tool.
322 </para>
323 <indexterm zone="python2 pydoc2">
324 <primary sortas="b-pydoc2">pydoc</primary>
325 </indexterm>
326 </listitem>
327 </varlistentry>
328
329 <varlistentry id="python">
330 <term><command>python</command></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>
333 is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
334 language.
335 </para>
336 <indexterm zone="python2 python">
337 <primary sortas="b-python2">python</primary>
338 </indexterm>
339 </listitem>
340 </varlistentry>
341
342 <varlistentry id="python2-ver">
343 <term><command>python&python2-majorver;</command></term>
344 <listitem>
345 <para>
346 is a version-specific name for the <command>python</command>
347 program.
348 </para>
349 <indexterm zone="python2 python2-ver">
350 <primary sortas="b-python&python2-majorver;">python&python2-majorver;</primary>
351 </indexterm>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354
355 <varlistentry id="smtpd.py">
356 <term><command>smtpd.py</command></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>
359 is an SMTP proxy implemented in <application>Python</application>.
360 </para>
361 <indexterm zone="python2 smtpd.py">
362 <primary sortas="b-smtpd.py">smtpd.py</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366
367 </variablelist>
368
369 </sect2>
370
371</sect1>
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