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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 python3-download-http
8 "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python3-version;/Python-&python3-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY python3-download-ftp " ">
10 <!ENTITY python3-md5sum "afc7e14f7118d10d1ba95ae8e2134bf0">
11 <!ENTITY python3-size "19 MB">
12 <!ENTITY python3-buildsize "202 MB (add 39 MB for tests)">
13 <!ENTITY python3-time "2.4 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 1.6 SBU for tests)">
14 <!--
15 Note: Size does not reflect docs that were install in LFS.
16 -->
17 <!ENTITY python3htmldoc-download-http
18 "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/doc/&python3-version;/python-&python3-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
19 <!ENTITY python3-docs-md5sum "8f32c4f4f0b18ec56e8b3822bbaeb017" >
20]>
21
22<sect1 id="python3" xreflabel="Python-&python3-version;">
23 <?dbhtml filename="python3.html" ?>
24
25 <sect1info>
26 <date>$Date$</date>
27 </sect1info>
28
29 <title>Python-&python3-version;</title>
30
31 <indexterm zone="python3">
32 <primary sortas="a-Python3">Python3</primary>
33 </indexterm>
34
35 <sect2 role="package">
36 <title>Introduction to Python 3</title>
37
38 <para>
39 The <application>Python 3</application> package contains the
40 <application>Python</application> development environment.
41 This is useful for object-oriented programming, writing scripts,
42 prototyping large programs or developing entire applications.
43 </para>
44
45 <note>
46 <para>
47 <application>Python 3</application> was installed in LFS.
48 The only reason to rebuild it here is if optional modules
49 are needed, or to upgrade this package.
50 </para>
51 </note>
52
53 &lfs111_checked;
54
55 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
56 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python3-download-http;"/>
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&python3-download-ftp;"/>
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69 Download MD5 sum: &python3-md5sum;
70 </para>
71 </listitem>
72 <listitem>
73 <para>
74 Download size: &python3-size;
75 </para>
76 </listitem>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Estimated disk space required: &python3-buildsize;
80 </para>
81 </listitem>
82 <listitem>
83 <para>
84 Estimated build time: &python3-time;
85 </para>
86 </listitem>
87 </itemizedlist>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Optional Download</bridgehead>
90 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
91 <listitem>
92 <para>
93 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python3htmldoc-download-http;"/>
94 </para>
95 </listitem>
96 <listitem>
97 <para>
98 Download MD5 sum: &python3-docs-md5sum;
99 </para>
100 </listitem>
101 </itemizedlist>
102
103 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 3 Dependencies</bridgehead>
104
105 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
106 <para role="recommended">
107 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required if building firefox or thunderbird)
108 </para>
109
110 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
111 <para role="optional">
112 <xref linkend="bluez"/>,
113 <xref linkend="gdb"/> (required for some tests),
114 <xref linkend="valgrind"/>, and
115 <ulink url="http://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal">libmpdec</ulink>
116 </para>
117
118 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (For Additional Modules)</bridgehead>
119 <para role="optional">
120 <xref linkend="db"/>,
121 <xref linkend="libnsl"/>, and
122 <xref linkend="tk"/>
123 </para>
124
125 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
126 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Python3"/>
127 </para>
128 </sect2>
129
130 <sect2 role="installation">
131 <title>Installation of Python 3</title>
132
133 <para>
134 Install <application>Python 3</application> by running the following
135 commands:
136 </para>
137
138<screen><userinput>CXX="/usr/bin/g++" \
139./configure --prefix=/usr \
140 --enable-shared \
141 --with-system-expat \
142 --with-system-ffi \
143 --enable-optimizations &amp;&amp;
144make</userinput></screen>
145
146 <para>
147 To test the result, issue <command>make test</command>.
148 Some tests may need an Internet connection. One test, test_curses,
149 is known to fail.
150 </para>
151
152 <para>
153 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
154 </para>
155
156<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
157
158 <para>
159 If upgrading and the documentation has been downloaded, optionally install
160 it as the &root; user:
161 </para>
162
163<screen role="root"><userinput>tar --strip-components=1 \
164 --no-same-owner \
165 --no-same-permissions \
166 -C /usr/share/doc/python-&python3-version;/html \
167 -xvf ../python-&python3-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
168
169 </sect2>
170
171 <sect2 role="commands">
172 <title>Command Explanations</title>
173
174 <para>
175 <command> CXX="/usr/bin/g++" ./configure ...</command>: Avoid an annoying
176 message during configuration.
177 </para>
178
179 <para>
180 <parameter>--with-system-expat</parameter>: This switch enables linking
181 against the system version of <application>Expat</application>.
182 </para>
183
184 <para>
185 <parameter>--with-system-ffi</parameter>: This switch enables linking
186 against the system version of <application>libffi</application>.
187 </para>
188<!--
189 <para>
190 <parameter>- -with-ensurepip=yes</parameter> : This switch enables building
191 the <command>pip</command> and <command>setuptools</command> packaging
192 programs. <command>setuptools</command> is needed for building some
193 Python modules.
194 </para>
195-->
196 <para>
197 <option>--with-dbmliborder=bdb:gdbm:ndbm</option>: Use this switch
198 if you want to build the <application>Python</application> DBM Module
199 against <application>Berkeley DB</application> instead of
200 <application>GDBM</application>.
201 </para>
202
203 <para>
204 <parameter>--enable-optimizations</parameter>: This switch enables
205 stable, but expensive, optimizations.
206 </para>
207
208 <para>
209 <option>--with-lto</option>: This optional switch enables thick Link
210 Time Optimization. Unusually, it creates a much larger <filename
211 class="libraryfile">/usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/config-&python3-majorver;-&lt;arch&gt;-linux-gnu/libpython&python3-majorver;.a</filename>
212 with a small increase in the time to compile
213 <application>Python</application>. Run-time results do not appear to show
214 any benefit from doing this.
215 </para>
216
217 </sect2>
218
219 <sect2 role="configuration">
220 <title>Configuring Python 3</title>
221
222 <para>
223 In order for <command>python3</command> to find the installed
224 documentation, create the following version independent symlink:
225 </para>
226
227<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svfn python-&python3-version; /usr/share/doc/python-3</userinput></screen>
228
229 <para>
230 and add the following environment variable to the individual user's or
231 system's profile:
232 </para>
233
234<screen role="root"><userinput>export PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-3/html</userinput></screen>
235
236 </sect2>
237
238 <sect2 role="content">
239 <title>Contents</title>
240
241 <segmentedlist>
242 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
243 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
244 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
245
246 <seglistitem>
247 <seg>
248 2to3 (symlink) and
249 2to3-&python3-majorver;,
250
251 <!--
252 easy_install-&python3-majorver;,
253 -->
254
255 idle3 (symlink) and
256 idle&python3-majorver;,
257
258 pip3 (symlink) and
259 pip&python3-majorver;,
260
261 pydoc3 and
262 pydoc&python3-majorver;,
263
264 python3 (symlink);
265 python&python3-majorver;, and
266
267 python3-config (symlink) and
268 python&python3-majorver;-config
269 </seg>
270 <seg>
271 libpython&python3-majorver;.so and libpython3.so
272 </seg>
273 <seg>
274 /usr/include/python&python3-majorver;,
275 /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;, and
276 /usr/share/doc/python-&python3-version;
277 </seg>
278 </seglistitem>
279 </segmentedlist>
280
281 <variablelist>
282 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
283 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
284 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
285 <!--
286 <varlistentry id="2to3">
287 <term><command>2to3</command></term>
288 <listitem>
289 <para>
290 is designed to assist in the transition between python2 and python3
291 by automatically converting code to be Python3 compatible.
292 </para>
293 <indexterm zone="python3 2to3">
294 <primary sortas="b-2to3">2to3</primary>
295 </indexterm>
296 </listitem>
297 </varlistentry>
298 Put here for easy use when removing Python2 -->
299 <!--
300 <varlistentry id="easy_install">
301 <term><command>easy_install</command></term>
302 <listitem>
303 <para>
304 is a frontend to pip3 to make it easier to configure python modules
305 through the PIP package manager
306 </para>
307 <indexterm zone="python3 easy_install">
308 <primary sortas="python3 easy_install">easy_install</primary>
309 </indexterm>
310 </listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312 -->
313 <varlistentry id="idle3">
314 <term><command>idle3</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="python3 idle3">
323 <primary sortas="b-idle3">idle3</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="pydoc3">
329 <term><command>pydoc3</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>
332 is the <application>Python</application> documentation
333 tool
334 </para>
335 <indexterm zone="python3 pydoc3">
336 <primary sortas="b-pydoc3">pydo3c</primary>
337 </indexterm>
338 </listitem>
339 </varlistentry>
340
341 <varlistentry id="python3-prog">
342 <term><command>python3</command></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>
345 is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
346 language
347 </para>
348 <indexterm zone="python3 python3-prog">
349 <primary sortas="b-python3">python3</primary>
350 </indexterm>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 <varlistentry id="python-ver">
355 <term><command>python&python3-majorver;</command></term>
356 <listitem>
357 <para>
358 is a version-specific name for the <command>python</command>
359 program
360 </para>
361 <indexterm zone="python3 python-ver">
362 <primary sortas="b-python&python3-majorver;">python&python3-majorver;</primary>
363 </indexterm>
364 </listitem>
365 </varlistentry>
366 <!--
367 <varlistentry id="pyvenv">
368 <term><command>pyvenv</command></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>
371 creates virtual <application>Python</application> environments in
372 one or more target directories.
373 </para>
374 <indexterm zone="python3 pyvenv">
375 <primary
376 sortas="b-python&python3-majorver;">python&python3-majorver;</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380 -->
381 </variablelist>
382
383 </sect2>
384
385</sect1>
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