====== python ======
Python programming language. Standalone python for use with environment modules that need something other than the system's Python.

===== Information =====

  * Version: 3.10 (3.10.16)
  * Added: October, 2014
  * Updated: February, 2025
  * Link: https://www.python.org

===== Usage =====

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

Load one version into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load python/3.10
$ python -V</code>

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

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.16/Python-3.10.16.tar.xz
$ tar xf Python-3.10.16.tar.xz
$ cd Python-3.10.16
$ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-O2/-O3} -ffat-lto-objects"
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/python/3.10 --enable-shared --with-computed-gotos --enable-optimizations --with-lto --enable-ipv6 --with-tzpath=/usr/share/zoneinfo
$ chrt -i 0 make -j4 # this make doesn't seem to scale well
$ sudo mkdir /export/apps/python/3.10
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/python/3.10
$ make install
$ make maninstall
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/python3 /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/python
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.10/share/man/man1/python3.10.1 /export/apps/python/3.10/share/man/man1/python.1
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/pip3 /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/pip
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/idle3 /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/idle
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/python3-config /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/python-config
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/pydoc3 /export/apps/python/3.10/bin/pydoc
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/python/3.10</code>

Configure options borrowed from [[https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/6c31fae6d6685dc5593342377fef6320f68ce50e/python/trunk/PKGBUILD|Arch Linux's Python package]].