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Compile cpython on M2

#cpython #python #mac #m2

Short instruction how to succefully complie cpython from source code on M2.

You need to sure that xcode installed or

xcode-select --install
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We need to install with brew:

brew install openssl xz zlib gdbm sqlite gcc
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Git clone cpython. My case is heads/v3.9.0b1

git clone https://github.com/python/cpython
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CD to cpython folder
Compile:

CPPFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix zlib)/include" \ 
LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix zlib)/lib" \
CC=/opt/homebrew/bin/gcc-13 \ 
arch -x86_64 \ 
./configure --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl) \
--with-pydebug
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