Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-398

Chapter 13. Programming

Python-3.11.1

Introduction to Python 3.11

The Python 3.11 package contains an older version of the Python development environment. This is only needed for building seamonkey-2.53.19 because its build system has not been updated to support Python-3.12.7.

[Note]

Note

Do NOT install this package if you are not installing Seamonkey.

[Note]

Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Python 3.11 Dependencies

Recommended

SQLite-3.46.1 (required if building firefox or thunderbird)

Installation of Python 3.11

Install Python 3.11 by running the following commands: 

CXX="/usr/bin/g++"                     \
./configure --prefix=/opt/python3.11   \
            --disable-shared           \
            --with-system-expat        &&
make

Since this package is only used in very limited situations, tests are not recommended.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

CXX="/usr/bin/g++" ./configure ...: Avoid an annoying message during configuration.

--prefix=/opt/python3.11: This installs python 3.11 into /opt in order to avoid conflicts with the system version of python, and allows for easy removal/isolation once programs update to python3.12 or later.

--disable-shared: This switch disables building shared libraries. Since all the packages that need python-3.11 have built in modules and don't directly link to python, it is safe to turn off shared library support.

--with-system-expat: This switch enables linking against the system version of Expat.

Contents

Installed Programs: python3.11
Installed Libraries: libpython3.11.a
Installed Directories: /opt/python3.11/include/python3.11, and /opt/python3.11/lib/python3.11,

Short Descriptions

python3.11

is a version-specific name for the python program