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Tag Xorg and it's dependencies.
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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 "30157d85a2c0479c09ea2cbe61f2aaf5">
11 <!ENTITY python2-size "12 MB">
12 <!ENTITY python2-buildsize "131 MB (add 15 MB for tests)">
13 <!ENTITY python2-time "0.7 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 6.6 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 will be discontinued on January
48 1st, 2020.
49 </para>
50
51 <para>
52 BLFS is attempting to use Python3 as much as possible, but some
53 packages have not been updated to support Python3.
54 </para>
55 </note>
56
57
58 &lfs90_checked;
59
60 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
61 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-http;"/>
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-ftp;"/>
70 </para>
71 </listitem>
72 <listitem>
73 <para>
74 Download MD5 sum: &python2-md5sum;
75 </para>
76 </listitem>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Download size: &python2-size;
80 </para>
81 </listitem>
82 <listitem>
83 <para>
84 Estimated disk space required: &python2-buildsize;
85 </para>
86 </listitem>
87 <listitem>
88 <para>
89 Estimated build time: &python2-time;
90 </para>
91 </listitem>
92 </itemizedlist>
93
94 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
95
96 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
97 <title>Optional HTML Documentation</title>
98 <listitem>
99 <para>
100 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2htmldoc-download-http;"/>
101 </para>
102 </listitem>
103 </itemizedlist>
104
105 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
106<!--
107 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
108 <para role="recommended">
109 <xref linkend="libffi"/>
110 </para>
111-->
112 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
113 <para role="optional">
114 <xref linkend="bluez"/> and
115 <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
116 </para>
117
118 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (For Additional Modules)</bridgehead>
119 <para role="optional">
120 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
121 <xref linkend="tk"/>
122 </para>
123<!--
124 <note>
125 <para>
126 If you are building <xref linkend="thunderbird"/> or
127 <xref linkend="firefox"/>
128 you must install <application>openssl</application> before you build
129 <application>Python 2</application>.
130 </para>
131 </note>
132-->
133 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
134 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Python"/>
135 </para>
136 </sect2>
137
138 <sect2 role="installation">
139 <title>Installation of Python 2</title>
140
141 <caution>
142 <para>
143 If updating <application>pip2</application> with the command
144 <command>pip2 install --upgrade pip</command>, it will remove
145 <application>pip3</application> and the symlink
146 <application>pip</application> installed in LFS. To restore
147 <application>pip</application> and <application>pip3</application>,
148 run, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
149 </para>
150
151<screen role="nodump"><userinput>python3 -m pip install --force pip</userinput></screen>
152 </caution>
153
154 <para>
155 Install <application>Python 2</application> by running the following
156 commands:
157 </para>
158
159<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
160 --enable-shared \
161 --with-system-expat \
162 --with-system-ffi \
163 --with-ensurepip=yes \
164 --enable-unicode=ucs4 &amp;&amp;
165make</userinput></screen>
166
167 <para>
168 To test the results, issue: <command>make -k test</command>.
169 Three tests fail for unknown reasons.
170 </para>
171
172 <para>
173 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
174 </para>
175
176<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
177chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpython&python2-majorver;.so.1.0</userinput></screen>
178
179 <para>
180 Since <application>Python 2</application> is in maintenance mode, and
181 <application>Python 3</application> is recommended by upstream for
182 development, you probably do not need to install the documentation.
183 However, if you still want to install documentation for both
184 <application>Python</application> versions, be sure to define the
185 <envar>PYTHONDOCS</envar>
186 variable for the version you want to use, each time you need to consult
187 the documentation. If you have downloaded the preformatted documentation
188 from <ulink url="http://docs.python.org/download.html"/>, install it
189 as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
190 </para>
191
192<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; &amp;&amp;
193
194tar --strip-components=1 \
195 --no-same-owner \
196 --directory /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; \
197 -xvf ../python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2 &amp;&amp;
198
199find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \; &amp;&amp;
200find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
201 </sect2>
202
203 <sect2 role="commands">
204 <title>Command Explanations</title>
205
206 <para>
207 <parameter>--with-system-expat</parameter>: This switch enables linking
208 against system version of <application>Expat</application>.
209 </para>
210
211 <para>
212 <parameter>--with-system-ffi</parameter>: This switch enables linking
213 against system version of <application>libffi</application>.
214 </para>
215
216 <para>
217 <parameter>--with-ensurepip=yes</parameter> : This switch enables building
218 <command>pip</command> and <command>setuptools</command> packaging programs.
219 <command>setuptools</command> is needed for building some Python modules.
220 </para>
221
222 <para>
223 <parameter>--enable-unicode=ucs4</parameter>: This switch enables
224 32bit Unicode support in <application>Python</application>.
225 </para>
226
227 <para>
228 <option>--with-dbmliborder=bdb:gdbm:ndbm</option>: Use this switch
229 if you want to build <application>Python</application> DBM Module
230 against <application>Berkeley DB</application> instead of
231 <application>GDBM</application>.
232 </para>
233
234 <para>
235 <command>chmod ...</command>: Fix permissions for libraries to be
236 consistent with other libraries.
237 </para>
238
239 </sect2>
240
241 <sect2 role="configuration">
242 <title>Configuring Python 2</title>
243
244 <para>
245 In order for <command>python</command> to find the installed
246 documentation, you must add the following environment variable to
247 individual user's or the system's profile:
248 </para>
249
250<screen role="root"><userinput>export PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;</userinput></screen>
251
252 </sect2>
253
254 <sect2 role="content">
255 <title>Contents</title>
256
257 <segmentedlist>
258 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
259 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
260 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
261
262 <seglistitem>
263 <seg>
264 2to3, pip2, pydoc, python (symlink), python-config (symlink),
265 python2 (symlink), python2-config (symlink),
266 python&python2-majorver;, python&python2-majorver;-config,
267 smtpd.py, and idle
268 </seg>
269 <seg>
270 libpython&python2-majorver;.so
271 </seg>
272 <seg>
273 /usr/{include,lib}/python&python2-majorver; and
274 /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;
275 </seg>
276 </seglistitem>
277 </segmentedlist>
278
279 <variablelist>
280 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
281 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
282 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
283
284 <varlistentry id="python2-2to3">
285 <term><command>2to3</command></term>
286 <listitem>
287 <para>
288 is a <application>Python</application> program that reads
289 <application>Python 2.x</application> source code and applies a
290 series of fixes to transform it into valid
291 <application>Python 3.x</application> code.
292 </para>
293 <indexterm zone="python2 python2-2to3">
294 <primary sortas="b-2to3">2to3</primary>
295 </indexterm>
296 </listitem>
297 </varlistentry>
298
299 <varlistentry id="pip2">
300 <term><command>pip2</command></term>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>
303 is the package manager for <application>Python 2.x</application>.
304 It is used to automate management of
305 <application>Python 2.x</application> modules.
306 </para>
307 <indexterm zone="python2 pip2">
308 <primary sortas="b-pip2">pip2</primary>
309 </indexterm>
310 </listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312
313 <varlistentry id="idle">
314 <term><command>idle</command></term>
315 <listitem>
316 <para>
317 is a wrapper script that opens a <application>Python</application>
318 aware GUI editor. For this script to run, you must have installed
319 <application>Tk</application> before Python so that the Tkinter
320 Python module is built.
321 </para>
322 <indexterm zone="python2 idle">
323 <primary sortas="b-idle">idle</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="pydoc2">
329 <term><command>pydoc</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>
332 is the <application>Python</application> documentation tool.
333 </para>
334 <indexterm zone="python2 pydoc2">
335 <primary sortas="b-pydoc2">pydoc</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="python">
341 <term><command>python</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>
344 is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
345 language.
346 </para>
347 <indexterm zone="python2 python">
348 <primary sortas="b-python2">python</primary>
349 </indexterm>
350 </listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry id="python2-ver">
354 <term><command>python&python2-majorver;</command></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>
357 is a version-specific name for the <command>python</command>
358 program.
359 </para>
360 <indexterm zone="python2 python2-ver">
361 <primary sortas="b-python&python2-majorver;">python&python2-majorver;</primary>
362 </indexterm>
363 </listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry id="smtpd.py">
367 <term><command>smtpd.py</command></term>
368 <listitem>
369 <para>
370 is an SMTP proxy implemented in <application>Python</application>.
371 </para>
372 <indexterm zone="python2 smtpd.py">
373 <primary sortas="b-smtpd.py">smtpd.py</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 </variablelist>
379
380 </sect2>
381
382</sect1>
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