[2.4.2] Compiling Python with packages?

[Gilles Ganault]

Hello

I need to compile Python with the packages "socket,sys,time,os", but
I've never done it before, and would like confirmation that this will
work as planned:

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make clean
../configure --with-socket --with-sys --with-time --with-os
make
make install
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In addition, are there recommended switches I should know about?

Incidently, is there an equivalent to PHP's phpinfo() to check what
packages Python provides on a host?

Thank you.

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

I need to compile Python with the packages "socket,sys,time,os", but

I've never done it before, and would like confirmation that this will
work as planned:

======
make clean
./configure --with-socket --with-sys --with-time --with-os
make
make install
======

No, it won't. You don't give any arguments to configure normally,
when building Python. Instead, setup.py will detect what libraries
are on your system, and use them.

There are a few --enable and --with flags supported; ask --help
what they are.

The modules you want to have (socket, sys, time, and os) are always
built.

In addition, are there recommended switches I should know about?

Incidently, is there an equivalent to PHP's phpinfo() to check what
packages Python provides on a host?

There is sys.builtin_module_names. However, some modules are
not builtin (they are shared libraries instead); it's easiest
to ls build/lib.<system> after compiling Python to see what
modules have been built.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Gilles Ganault]

No, it won't. You don't give any arguments to configure normally,
when building Python. Instead, setup.py will detect what libraries
are on your system, and use them.

Thanks for the tip.