source: chapter05/python.xml@ 67966fb

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
]>

<sect1 id="ch-tools-Python" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="Python.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>Python</productname>
    <productnumber>&python-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&python-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Python-&python-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-Python">
    <primary sortas="a-Python">Python</primary>
    <secondary>tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../chapter06/python.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
    <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&python-ch5-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&python-ch5-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Python</title>

    <para>This package first builds the Python interpreter, then some
    standard Python modules. The main script for building modules is
    written in Python, and uses hard-coded paths to the host <filename
    class="directory">/usr/include</filename> and <filename
    class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> directories. To prevent them
    from being used, issue:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/def add_multiarch_paths/a \        return' setup.py</userinput></screen>

    <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --without-ensurepip</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--without-ensurepip</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This switch disables the Python package installer, which is not
          needed at this stage.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compilation is now complete. The test suite requires TK and 
    and X Windows and cannot be run at this time.
    </para>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-python" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

</sect1>