python

Python programming language.

• Version: 3.9 (3.9.19)
• Added: October, 2014
• Updated: August, 2024
• Link: https://www.python.org

See versions which are available:

$ module avail python

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load python/3.9
$ python -V

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.19/Python-3.9.19.tar.xz
$ tar xf Python-3.9.19.tar.xz
$ cd Python-3.9.19
$ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-O2/-O3} -fno-semantic-interposition"
$ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fno-semantic-interposition"
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/python/3.9 --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 mv /export/apps/python/3.9 /export/apps/python/3.9.bak
$ sudo mkdir /export/apps/python/3.9
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/python/3.9
$ make install
$ make maninstall
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.9/bin/python3 /export/apps/python/3.9/bin/python
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.9/share/man/man1/python3.9.1 /export/apps/python/3.9/share/man/man1/python.1
$ ln -s /export/apps/python/3.9/bin/pip3 /export/apps/python/3.9/bin/pip
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/python/3.9

Configure options borrowed from Arch Linux's Python package.