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Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

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On 04/26/2019 02:32 PM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> On 4/26/19, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:42:04 -0500
>> Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is
>>> installed. I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this
>>> exercise. I did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits.
>>> There were enough differences that I wasn't sure if I was missing
>>> something important. The last time I compiled something was on a PDP
>>> 11/45 in approximately 1975.
>>>
>>>
>> You mentioned that you considered LFS. If you have the time, that's
>> a real baptism of fire as far as compiling things goes. There were
>> automatic systems being developed when I was interested, but as far as
>> I can see, there's no point to LFS if you're just going to push a
>> button. I did it twice, mainly to learn what I could, with better
>> understanding the second time, the first try was basically just
>> following instructions. Lots of them. My firewall pseudo-daemon (until
>> systemd) was nicked from the basic LFS init script.
> 
> 
> Just finished downloading all [tarballs], except maybe 1/2 of the
> kernel, just last night. This is Round 2 for me. I got through Chapter
> 5 then #Life poked its nose into the mix.
> 
> Oh, and I just remembered... my brain blew a circuit over working
> through the package manager process, too. I think of that frequently
> when package manager questions come up here at Debian-User..
> 
> The testing part will be where I focus my curiosity this time. Do the
> tests, yada-yada, keep on movin' on WHEN they fail. LOL. My memory is
> that some of the "it's ok to fail" was that we hadn't installed
> pertinent packages yet so there was no way it would ever not fail.
> 
> That repetition helps instill each point in the
> compilation/installation process. The mantra back in early 2000's was,
> "Eh, it's ok not to test, just keep going" That was talking about
> compiling a single package on a pre-existing system.
> 
> If you follow the Linux From Scratch support list, you see why it's
> not so ok. Occasional related user questions show typos and such would
> have absolutely destroyed those users' entire install, thus wasting a
> TON of time, had they either skipped testing or had they failed a test
> and kept going anyway instead of questioning what failed. :)
> 
> Makes you a better advocate for doing things the right way.. I never
> once md5sum'ed ANYTHING *ALL THESE YEARS*. As simple as the process
> turned out to be, I could never find a HOWTO that made sense.
> 
> These days, that md5ums list is serving double duty by performing the
> chore of instantly advising if packages are expired and need updated
> simply because they don't get checked off as OK. Match any fails to
> that HANDY wget-list that's also provided, and, chick-a-BOOM, you're
> off and running toward Linux knowledge self-empowerment just that
> quick (depending on Internet connection speed, of course.... of
> course). :)
> 
> Cindy :)
> 

Yes LFS is in my future
I would have been better off if I had done that rather trying to get 
"work" done by plunging into Debian initially. Life is for learning. 
Retirement makes time available ;/

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Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-26 19:50 +0200
  Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-04-26 20:20 +0200
  Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-04-26 20:40 +0200
    Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-26 21:40 +0200
      Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-27 08:30 +0200
  Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2019-04-26 21:30 +0200
    Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-27 08:50 +0200
      Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-27 09:50 +0200
        Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-27 13:30 +0200
      Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-04-27 12:20 +0200
      Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-04-27 16:20 +0200
  Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-26 21:50 +0200
    Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-27 09:00 +0200
  Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2019-04-27 04:30 +0200
    Re: Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-27 09:00 +0200

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