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

• Version: 3.10 (3.10.16)
• Added: October, 2014
• Updated: February, 2025
• 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/3.10
$ python -V

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ 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

Configure options borrowed from Arch Linux's Python package.