/ansible-compile-python

Role Name

Compiles a python interpreter from source, Python is the only thing it downloads, rest is downloaded from debian repositories.

Tested for python 2.7.11, 3.5 and debian Jessies. Should work for another combinations.

We also (optionally) run make test before finishing, to check any unforseen issues. Tests are optionall since 25.12.2015 when test_ssl failed because botched sertificate on svn.python.org.

Requirements

All requirements are installed using apt.

Role Variables

Following object:

python:
  # Will be installed here
  do_tests: true
  location: /usr/local/python/3.5.0
  version: 3.5.0
  compilation:
    # Build dependencies
    build_dep:
     - python3.4
    dependencies: []
  download:
    # Path to python interpreter with sha validation
    url: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/Python-3.5.0.tar.xz"
    sha256sum: "d6d7aa1634a5eeeca6ed4fca266982a04f84bd8f3945a9179e20b24ad2e2be91"

Role regisers a single variable:

python_compiled_flag

Which points to a flag file, that signifies that compilation was done.

Example

If you need to install couple of python versions:

variables:

python35:
  # Will be installed here
  do_tests: true
  location: /usr/local/python/3.5.0
  version: 3.5.0
  compilation:
    # Build dependencies
    build_dep:
     - python3.4
    dependencies: []
  download:
    # Path to python interpreter with sha validation
    url: "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/Python-3.5.0.tar.xz"
    sha256sum: "d6d7aa1634a5eeeca6ed4fca266982a04f84bd8f3945a9179e20b24ad2e2be91"

Playbook:

  • role: compile-python python: "{{python35}}"

License

BSD