From 676687dee114a48c1db861c9c84dcc2ae50e2758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:05:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add hint for building from source Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius --- README | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 932375c4..d37569ef 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ Archlinux already has python >= 3.2, so you only need to do: pacman -S python +#### CentOS + +See the "From source" section + #### Debian For Debian >= wheezy: @@ -167,6 +171,22 @@ You can choose between Homebrew and Macports, either way works: port install python32 ln -s /opt/local/bin/python3.2 /opt/local/bin/python3 +#### From Source + +For those operating systems not yet support Python 3.2: + + pyversion=3.2.3 + wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$pyversion/Python-${pyversion}.tar.bz2 + tar xvfj Python-${pyversion}.tar.bz2 + cd Python-${pyversion} + ./configure + make + sudo make install + +This installs python 3.2 to /usr/local/bin. Ensure this directory is in +your PATH environment variable. + + ### Get cdist You can clone cdist from git, which gives you the advantage of having