{"id":1708,"date":"2015-05-30T16:24:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2015-06-01T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T23:10:33","slug":"bash-script-to-install-python-locally-without-root-permissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/?p=1708","title":{"rendered":"Bash script to install python locally without root permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This bash script downloads, builds and installs a particular version of python in the location of your choice without requiring root permissions. It also creates a virtual environment that you can activate to use it. It is licensed under the terms of MIT open source license.<\/p>\n

\nThis script is also available on github: https:\/\/github.com\/jlinoff\/pybld.git<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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This script makes it easy to install multiple versions of python for staging tests (i.e., tests that you would want to run before installing the new version into production).<\/p>\n

You can download it from http:\/\/projects.joelinoff.com\/pybld\/pybld.sh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have only tested it on CentOS linux and Mac OS X.<\/p>\n

Here is how you would download and run it for a very simple case.<\/p>\n

\r\n$ mkdir -p ~\/work\/python\/2.7.10\r\n$ cd ~\/work\/python\/2.7.10\r\n$ wget http:\/\/projects.joelinoff.com\/pybld\/pybld.sh\r\n$ chmod a+x pybld.sh\r\n$ (time .\/pybld.sh -v 2.7.10) 2>&1 | tee log\r\n<output snipped>\r\n\r\n$ # Now run it in the virtual environment.\r\n$ rtf\/venv\/python2710\/bin\/activate\r\n$ python --version\r\nPython 2.7.10\r\n$ pip install pycrypto\r\n<output snipped>\r\n$ pip install netaddr\r\n<output snipped>\r\n\r\n$ python\r\n<header snipped>\r\n>>> import Crypto\r\n>>> import netaddr\r\n>>> quit()\r\n<\/pre>\n
The script has the following options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Long
Option<\/th>\n		Short
Option<\/th>\n		Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
–build-dir <dir><\/td>\n-b <dir><\/td>\nThe build directory. It can be deleted after successfully installing python.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–help<\/td>\n-h<\/td>\nThis help message.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–release-dir <dir><\/td>\n-r <dir><\/td>\nThe release directory (contains bin\/python).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–test<\/td>\n-t<\/td>\nTest the installation. Be careful, this substantially increases the installation time and may result in false positives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–venv-dir <dir><\/td>\n-e <dir><\/td>\nThe virtualenv directory (contains bin\/activate).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–version <version><\/td>\n-v <version><\/td>\nThe python version to install. An example would be “2.7.10”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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