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==installing from source==
If you want the latest version, or a development version of python, you will likely need to install it from source.
In order to do that, first, You have to make sure you have "build-essential". use: "sudo apt install build-essential".

pick your version and download the "Gzipped source tarball" of the version of your choice from [[https://www.python.org/downloads/source/|here]].
Once you have the archive, extract it using "tar -xvf Python-<FULL VERSION NAME>.tgz".
Once that is done, cd to that folder with "cd Python-<FULL VERSION NAME>". Then, use the following command: "./configure && make && make test && sudo make install".This will compile python from source.


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Introduction

Python, the high-level, interactive object oriented language, includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics. Debian always provides at least two versions of Python, the latest stable Python 2 release, and the latest stable Python 3 release. It may also provide additional versions, as well as tons of third party packages. Python is an important part of the Debian ecosystem.

Python is very easy to learn. You can begin with the DebianWomen/PythonTutorial or the official online tutorial if you want to get started programming in Python. You might also be interested in the Python wiki, the Python FAQ, and the online documentation.

Software written in the Python programming language is executed by the Python interpreter. It is usually compiled into platform-independent bytecode files to increase performance. Python compiles and writes bytecode *.pyc files alongside the *.py sources. Extension modules can also be written in C, which are distributed as .so shared libraries.

Therefore, software written in pure Python can be distributed as source code or as compiled bytecode. The latter is similar to Java.

Python in Debian

Sources available: ssh://git.debian.org//git/git/python-modules/misc/python-debian-artwork.git

As such, with hundreds of Python modules and multiple versions of Python supported, Debian is the largest "integrated Python distribution". Users of other operating systems (e.g. Windows and OS X) can also benefit from this integrative effort by means of virtualization (e.g. see NeuroDebian VM page for easy way to start)

Please also refer to the packaging style guide and Python Packaging wiki pages.

As of 2015-10-09 we now maintain all of our packages in Git. Here is team policy for using git for team packages.

NOTE: Debian testing (bullseye) has removed the "python" package and the '/usr/bin/python' symlink due to the deprecation of Python 2. No packaged scripts should depend on the existence of '/usr/bin/python': if they do, that is a bug that should be reported to Debian. You can use the 'python-is-python3' or 'python-is-python2' packages to restore an appropriate '/usr/bin/python' symlink for third-party or legacy scripts.

Maintainers

Within the Debian project, Python packages are maintained by individual developers and three main teams:

There are also :

Supported Python Versions

Those links list the distribution(s) that ship the given versions of python:

Debian Python Policy for Python developers

The Debian Python Policy describes conventions for packaging and distributing Python code in Debian.

Feel free to ask any questions on debian-python@lists.debian.org mailing list.

if you want to maintain a Python package, you have to know how the Debian Development works.

Deviations from upstream

Debian distributions modify upstream Python in a few ways that are important to understand. Of course, where at all possible, we try to minimize deviations from upstream, but here is an enumeration of the changes you might encounter on a Debian system (and derivatives, such as Ubuntu).

  • dist-packages instead of site-packages. Third party Python software installed from Debian packages goes into dist-packages, not site-packages. This is to reduce conflict between the system Python, and any from-source Python build you might install manually.

  • The standard profile and pstats modules are not included, due to restrictive redistribution clauses in their license that don’t meet the DFSG. cProfile and hotshot are however included.
  • In Debian 7 (Wheezy), the python-setuptools package installs the Distribute fork instead of the standard setuptools. In Debian 8 (Jessie), we reverted back to the merged setuptools project.

  • Also in Debian 7 (Wheezy), the python-virtualenv also uses distribute by default, but can enable classic setuptools with an optional switch. As above, in Debian 8 (Jessie) this just use the merged setuptools.

  • distutils setup scripts install files in /usr/local/ not sys.prefix (which is normally /usr/). This is because /usr/ is reserved for files installed from Debian packages. Note that /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/dist-packages is in sys.path so that modules not installed from Debian packages can still be accessed by the system Python. Tools like debhelper pass the --install-layout=deb option to the setup script while building a Debian package so that its installs files into /usr/ not /usr/local/.

  • Python 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4 are multiarch aware.

Encouraged practices

==installing from source== If you want the latest version, or a development version of python, you will likely need to install it from source. In order to do that, first, You have to make sure you have "build-essential". use: "sudo apt install build-essential".

pick your version and download the "Gzipped source tarball" of the version of your choice from here. Once you have the archive, extract it using "tar -xvf Python-<FULL VERSION NAME>.tgz". Once that is done, cd to that folder with "cd Python-<FULL VERSION NAME>". Then, use the following command: "./configure && make && make test && sudo make install".This will compile python from source.

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