====== python ======
Python programming language.

===== Information =====

  * Version: 3.7 (3.7.7)
  * Added: October, 2014
  * Updated: April, 2020
  * Link: https://www.python.org

===== Usage =====

See versions of python which are available:
<code>$ module avail python</code>

Load a particular version into your environment and run it:

<code>$ module load python/3.7
$ python -V</code>

===== Installation ======
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.7/Python-3.7.7.tar.xz
$ tar xf Python-3.7.7.tar.xz
$ cd Python-3.7.7
$ scl enable devtoolset-7 bash
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/python/3.7 --enable-shared --with-computed-gotos --enable-optimizations --with-lto --enable-ipv6
$ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-O2/-O3} -fno-semantic-interposition"
$ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fno-semantic-interposition"
$ chrt -i 0 make -j4
$ sudo mv /export/apps/python/3.7 /export/apps/python/3.7.2
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/python/3.7
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/python/3.7
$ make install
$ make maninstall
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.7/bin/python3 /export/apps/python/3.7/bin/python
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.7/share/man/man1/python3.7.1 /export/apps/python/3.7/share/man/man1/python.1
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.7/bin/pip3 /export/apps/python/3.7/bin/pip
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/python/3.7
$ sudo rm -rf /export/apps/python/3.7.2</code>

Configure options borrowed from [[https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/python|Arch Linux's Python package]].