python-2.7.14 and python-3.7.0 -- for centos7 (rpm fpm recipes)

py27.txt

##### Configurable options

BUILD_VER=2.7.14
# strip symbols to slightly reduce runtime memory footprint
STRIP="yes"
# use altinstall to NOT symlink python and python2 to the python2.7 executable
ALTINSTALL="yes"
# build as user, requires configured sudo (for yum and fpm gem install).
# if not "yes", then build should be done as root
USE_SUDO="yes"

##### Build section

PY_BUILD_VER="${BUILD_VER%.*}"
PY_SHORT="${PY_BUILD_VER//.}"

INSTALL_DIR=/tmp/pybuild2x/installdir
BUILD_DIR=/tmp/pybuild2x/download

if [ "$USE_SUDO" = "yes" ]; then
    CMD_SUDO="sudo"
else
    if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] || [ "$(whoami)" != root ]; then
        printf "%s\n" "USE_SUDO != 'yes', so must be run as root. aborting."
        exit 1
    fi
    CMD_SUDO=""
fi

mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}" "${BUILD_DIR}"
cd "${BUILD_DIR}"
curl -LO http://python.org/ftp/python/${BUILD_VER}/Python-${BUILD_VER}.tgz

tar xf Python-${BUILD_VER}.tgz
cd Python-${BUILD_VER}

# install compilers, devtools
$CMD_SUDO yum groupinstall -y "development tools"

# install build deps
$CMD_SUDO yum -y install \
    bzip2-devel \
    db4-devel \
    expat-devel \
    gdbm-devel \
    libffi-devel \
    ncurses-devel \
    openssl-devel \
    readline-devel \
    sqlite-devel \
    xz-devel \
    zlib-devel 

# install fpm
$CMD_SUDO yum install ruby ruby-devel rubygems
$CMD_SUDO gem install fpm

# note: if you want multiple minor version of python on the system, eg system python is 2.7.5 and you want 2.7.13,
# then remove --enable-shared from the configure line below.
# this will remove the ability to load python as a shared library (include python in other apps), but also avoides python
# loading the wrong minor library version depending on your libary path (and avoids messing with the system python)
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-ipv6 --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-ipv6 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"

# build
make -j2

if [ "$ALTINSTALL" = "yes" ]; then
    make altinstall DESTDIR="${INSTALL_DIR}"
else
    make install DESTDIR="${INSTALL_DIR}"
fi

if [ "$STRIP" = "yes" ]; then
  for f in /tmp/installdir/usr/local/lib/libpython*; do
    [ ! -L "$f" ] && chmod 755 "$f" && strip "$f"
  done
  strip ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/bin/python${PY_BUILD_VER}
  strip ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/bin/python${PY_BUILD_VER}m
fi

echo '/sbin/ldconfig' > ${INSTALL_DIR}/run-ldconfig.sh
fpm -s dir -t rpm -n python${PY_SHORT} -v ${BUILD_VER} -C ${INSTALL_DIR} \
  --after-install /tmp/installdir/run-ldconfig.sh \
  -d 'bzip2' \
  -d 'db4' \
  -d 'expat' \
  -d 'gdbm' \
  -d 'libffi' \  
  -d 'ncurses' \
  -d 'openssl' \
  -d 'readline' \
  -d 'sqlite' \
  -d 'xz' \
  -d 'zlib' \
  --directories=/usr/local/lib/python${PY_BUILD_VER}/ \
  --directories=/usr/local/include/python${PY_BUILD_VER}/ \
  usr/local

# move rpm to download dir
mv python${PY_SHORT}*.rpm ../

# note: after install, you may need to do the following, depending no use of --enable-shared in the configure step:
# echo '/usr/local/lib' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/usr-local.conf
# ldconfig -v

py3x.txt

##### Configurable options

BUILD_VER=3.7.0
# strip symbols to slightly reduce runtime memory footprint
STRIP="yes"
# use altinstall to NOT symlink python3 to the python3.x executable (note: does not symlink python->python3.x either way)
ALTINSTALL="no"
# build as user, requires sudo (for yum and fpm gem install)
USE_SUDO="yes"

##### Build section

PY_BUILD_VER="${BUILD_VER%.*}"
PY_SHORT="${PY_BUILD_VER//.}"

INSTALL_DIR=/tmp/pybuild/installdir
BUILD_DIR=/tmp/pybuild/download

if [ "$USE_SUDO" = "yes" ]; then
    CMD_SUDO="sudo"
else
    if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] || [ "$(whoami)" != root ]; then
        printf "%s\n" "USE_SUDO != 'yes', so must be run as root. aborting."
        exit 1
    fi
    CMD_SUDO=""
fi

mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}" "${BUILD_DIR}"
cd "${BUILD_DIR}"
curl -LO http://python.org/ftp/python/${BUILD_VER}/Python-${BUILD_VER}.tgz

tar xf Python-${BUILD_VER}.tgz
cd Python-${BUILD_VER}

# install compilers, devtools
$CMD_SUDO yum groupinstall -y "development tools"

# install build deps
$CMD_SUDO yum -y install \
    bzip2-devel \
    db4-devel \
    expat-devel \
    gdbm-devel \
    libffi-devel \
    ncurses-devel \
    openssl-devel \
    readline-devel \
    sqlite-devel \
    xz-devel \
    zlib-devel 

# install fpm
$CMD_SUDO yum install ruby ruby-devel rubygems
$CMD_SUDO gem install fpm

# note: if you want multiple minor version of python on the system, eg system
# python is 2.7.5 and you want 2.7.13, then remove --enable-shared from the
# configure line below.
# this will remove the ability to load python as a shared library (include
# python in other apps), but also avoides python # loading the wrong minor
# library version depending on your libary path (and avoids messing with the
# system python)
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-optimizations --enable-ipv6 --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-optimizations --enable-ipv6 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"

# build
make -j2

if [ "$ALTINSTALL" = "yes" ]; then
    make altinstall DESTDIR="${INSTALL_DIR}"
else
    make install DESTDIR="${INSTALL_DIR}"
fi

if [ "$STRIP" = "yes" ]; then
  for f in ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/lib/libpython*; do
    [ ! -L "$f" ] && chmod 755 "$f" && strip "$f"
  done
  strip ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/bin/python${PY_BUILD_VER}
  strip ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/local/bin/python${PY_BUILD_VER}m
fi

echo '/sbin/ldconfig' > ${INSTALL_DIR}/run-ldconfig.sh
fpm -s dir -t rpm -n python${PY_SHORT} -v ${BUILD_VER} -C ${INSTALL_DIR} \
  --after-install ${INSTALL_DIR}/run-ldconfig.sh \
  --provides "python(abi) = ${PY_SHORT}" \
  --provides "python${PY_SHORT} = ${BUILD_VER}" \
  -d 'bzip2' \
  -d 'db4' \
  -d 'expat' \
  -d 'gdbm' \
  -d 'libffi' \
  -d 'ncurses' \
  -d 'openssl' \
  -d 'readline' \
  -d 'sqlite' \
  -d 'xz' \
  -d 'zlib' \
  --directories=/usr/local/lib/python${PY_BUILD_VER}/ \
  --directories=/usr/local/include/python${PY_BUILD_VER}m/ \
  usr/local

# move rpm to download dir
mv python${PY_SHORT}*.rpm ../
  
# note: after install, you may need to do the following, depending no use of --enable-shared in the configure step:
# echo '/usr/local/lib' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/usr-local.conf
# ldconfig -v