- 2. Using Python on Unix platforms¶
- 2.1. Getting and installing the latest version of Python¶
- 2.1.1. On Linux¶
- 2.1.2. On FreeBSD and OpenBSD¶
- 2.1.3. On OpenSolaris¶
- 2.2. Building Python¶
- 2.3. Python-related paths and files¶
- 2.4. Miscellaneous¶
- 2.5. Custom OpenSSL¶
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2. Using Python on Unix platforms¶
2.1. Getting and installing the latest version of Python¶
2.1.1. On Linux¶
Python comes preinstalled on most Linux distributions, and is available as a package on all others. However there are certain features you might want to use that are not available on your distro’s package. You can easily compile the latest version of Python from source.
In the event that Python doesn’t come preinstalled and isn’t in the repositories as well, you can easily make packages for your own distro. Have a look at the following links:
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2.1.2. On FreeBSD and OpenBSD¶
FreeBSD users, to add the package use:
OpenBSD users, to add the package use:
For example i386 users get the 2.5.1 version of Python using:
2.1.3. On OpenSolaris¶
You can get Python from OpenCSW. Various versions of Python are available and can be installed with e.g. pkgutil -i python27 .
2.2. Building Python¶
If you want to compile CPython yourself, first thing you should do is get the source. You can download either the latest release’s source or just grab a fresh clone. (If you want to contribute patches, you will need a clone.)
The build process consists of the usual commands:
Configuration options and caveats for specific Unix platforms are extensively documented in the README.rst file in the root of the Python source tree.
make install can overwrite or masquerade the python3 binary. make altinstall is therefore recommended instead of make install since it only installs exec_prefix /bin/python version .
2.3. Python-related paths and files¶
These are subject to difference depending on local installation conventions; prefix ( $
For example, on most Linux systems, the default for both is /usr .
Recommended location of the interpreter.
prefix /lib/python version , exec_prefix /lib/python version
Recommended locations of the directories containing the standard modules.
prefix /include/python version , exec_prefix /include/python version
Recommended locations of the directories containing the include files needed for developing Python extensions and embedding the interpreter.
2.4. Miscellaneous¶
To easily use Python scripts on Unix, you need to make them executable, e.g. with
and put an appropriate Shebang line at the top of the script. A good choice is usually
which searches for the Python interpreter in the whole PATH . However, some Unices may not have the env command, so you may need to hardcode /usr/bin/python3 as the interpreter path.
To use shell commands in your Python scripts, look at the subprocess module.
2.5. Custom OpenSSL¶
To use your vendor’s OpenSSL configuration and system trust store, locate the directory with openssl.cnf file or symlink in /etc . On most distribution the file is either in /etc/ssl or /etc/pki/tls . The directory should also contain a cert.pem file and/or a certs directory.
Download, build, and install OpenSSL. Make sure you use install_sw and not install . The install_sw target does not override openssl.cnf .
Build Python with custom OpenSSL (see the configure –with-openssl and –with-openssl-rpath options)
Patch releases of OpenSSL have a backwards compatible ABI. You don’t need to recompile Python to update OpenSSL. It’s sufficient to replace the custom OpenSSL installation with a newer version.
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