On Monday, September 24, 2018 at 11:48:59 AM UTC+3, Fetchinson . wrote: > I'm trying to compile python 3.7.0 from source with a custom libffi > path and the compiler/linker doesn't seem to pick up the right > version. The system libffi doesn't have the development files so I've > installed the latest libffi (also from source) to /opt/custom but > still I get > > INFO: Could not locate ffi libs and/or headers > > Failed to build these modules: > _ctypes > > Although I compile python with --prefix=/opt/custom because that's the > location I'd like to install it too. So how do I tell the build system > where to find my custom libffi? > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > > -- > Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown
After some messing around with the build scripts, I figured it out. This works for me: 0. Choose installation path for FFI -> $LIBFFI_PATH 1. Configure, build, install libffi: 1a. Download libffi from https://sourceware.org/libffi/ and untar it 1b. ./configure --prefix $LIBFFI_PATH 1c. make 1d. make install 2. Configure CPython: (I'm using tcsh syntax, it is slightly different with bash) 2a. setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH $LIBFFI_PATH/lib/pkgconfig/ 2b. setenv LDFLAGS "-L $LIBFFI_PATH/lib64/" 2c. /configure --with-pydebug 3. Build 3a. setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${LIBFFI_PATH}/lib64/" 3b. make -s -j2 Good luck! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
