Python-2.7.2
Introduction to Python 2
The Python 2 package contains the
Python development environment.
This 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.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
Optional HTML Documentation
Python Dependencies
Optional
Pth-2.0.7,
libffi-3.0.10 or GCC-4.5.1 (install JAVA so that
the libffi
library is built), and
BlueZ
Optional (to create package-specific support modules)
OpenSSL-1.0.0e, Tk-8.5.9, Berkeley
DB-5.2.36, and SQLite-3.7.8
Note that there is a circular dependency with the Tk package as it requires Xorg to be installed
but parts of Xorg depend on Python.
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Python
Installation of Python
Install Python by running the
following commands:
sed -i "s/ndbm_libs = \[\]/ndbm_libs = ['gdbm', 'gdbm_compat']/" setup.py &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
test. Note that if you have an existing
Python 2 installation which
includes the PyXML module, the
tests could produce a segmentation fault.
Now, as the root
user:
make install &&
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
There is no documentation installed using the instructions above.
See the Doc/README.txt
file in the
source distribution for instructions on how to create the html.
Alternatively, you can download preformatted documentation from
http://docs.python.org/download.html.
In order to use the help
('name_string') feature of the python interpreter with some
statements and keywords, you must download (or create) the optional
HTML documentation and install it. If you downloaded the HTML docs,
issue the following commands as the root
user:
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/Python-2.7.2/html &&
tar --strip-components=1 \
--no-same-owner \
--no-same-permissions \
-C /usr/share/doc/Python-2.7.2/html \
-xvf ../python-2.7.2-docs-html.tar.bz2
Command Explanations
sed -i "s/ndbm_libs = ..."
setup.py: This command is used to fix a build
problem with the GDBM library.
chmod ...: Fix
permissions for libraries to be consistent with other libraries.
Configuring Python 2
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-2.7.2/html
Contents
Installed Programs:
pydoc, python, python-config, python2.7,
python2.7-config, smtpd.py, and optionally if Tk is installed, idle
Installed Libraries:
libpython2.7.so and numerous modules
installed in /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/python2.7,
/usr/lib/python2.7, and /usr/share/doc/python-2.7.2
Short Descriptions
idle
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is a wrapper script that opens a Python aware GUI editor.
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pydoc
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is the Python
documentation tool.
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python
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is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented
programming language.
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python2.7
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is a version-specific name for the python program.
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smtpd.py
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is an SMTP proxy implemented in Python.
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Last updated on 2011-10-28 13:57:13 -0500