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by gvalkov 1307 days ago
A hidden gem of pyenv is its 'python-build' plugin, which just lets you build and install any Python version in the least number of steps:

  git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git
  cd pyenv/plugins/python-build/bin
  ./python-build --definitions
  ./python-build 3.10.8 /opt/python/3.10.8
  PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" ./python-build 3.10.8 /opt/python/3.10.8
1 comments
techdragon 1307 days ago
I’ve regularly used ‘python-build’ in docker container construction to build a minimal (or customised) self contained Python binary, libs tool chain, etc, in an isolated path to make copying to from the build container to the final artefact container. It’s just all around excellent tooling.
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