List all ./configure
script options using:
See also the Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt
in the Python source distribution.
Support loadable extensions in the _sqlite
extension module (default is no) of the sqlite3
module.
See the sqlite3.Connection.enable_load_extension()
method of the sqlite3
module.
New in version 3.6.
Disable IPv6 support (enabled by default if supported), see the socket
module.
Define the size in bits of Python int
digits: 15 or 30 bits.
By default, the digit size is 30.
Define the PYLONG_BITS_IN_DIGIT
to 15
or 30
.
Compile the Python main()
function and link Python executable with C++ compiler: $CXX
, or COMPILER if specified.
Set the Python executable suffix to SUFFIX.
The default suffix is .exe
on Windows and macOS (python.exe
executable), .js
on Emscripten node, .html
on Emscripten browser, .wasm
on WASI, and an empty string on other platforms (python
executable).
Changed in version 3.11: The default suffix on WASM platform is one of .js
, .html
or .wasm
.
Select the default time zone search path for zoneinfo.TZPATH
. See the Compile-time configuration of the zoneinfo
module.
Default: /usr/share/zoneinfo:/usr/lib/zoneinfo:/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo:/etc/zoneinfo
.
See os.pathsep
path separator.
New in version 3.9.
Build the _decimal
extension module using a thread-local context rather than a coroutine-local context (default), see the decimal
module.
See decimal.HAVE_CONTEXTVAR
and the contextvars
module.
New in version 3.9.
Override order to check db backends for the dbm
module
A valid value is a colon (:
) separated string with the backend names:
ndbm
;
gdbm
;
bdb
.
Disable C locale coercion to a UTF-8 based locale (enabled by default).
Donât define the PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE
macro.
See PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE
and the PEP 538.
Python library directory name (default is lib
).
Fedora and SuSE use lib64
on 64-bit platforms.
See sys.platlibdir
.
New in version 3.9.
Directory of wheel packages used by the ensurepip
module (none by default).
Some Linux distribution packaging policies recommend against bundling dependencies. For example, Fedora installs wheel packages in the /usr/share/python-wheels/
directory and donât install the ensurepip._bundled
package.
New in version 3.10.
Whether configure should use pkg-config to detect build dependencies.
check
(default): pkg-config is optional
yes
: pkg-config is mandatory
no
: configure does not use pkg-config even when present
New in version 3.11.
Turn on internal statistics gathering.
The statistics will be dumped to a arbitrary (probably unique) file in /tmp/py_stats/
, or C:\temp\py_stats\
on Windows.
Use Tools/scripts/summarize_stats.py
to read the stats.
New in version 3.11.
Set build flavor for wasm32-emscripten
.
browser
(default): preload minimal stdlib, default MEMFS.
node
: NODERAWFS and pthread support.
New in version 3.11.
Turn on dynamic linking support for WASM.
Dynamic linking enables dlopen
. File size of the executable increases due to limited dead code elimination and additional features.
New in version 3.11.
Turn on pthreads support for WASM.
New in version 3.11.
Install architecture-independent files in PREFIX. On Unix, it defaults to /usr/local
.
This value can be retrieved at runtime using sys.prefix
.
As an example, one can use --prefix="$HOME/.local/"
to install a Python in its home directory.
Install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX, defaults to --prefix
.
This value can be retrieved at runtime using sys.exec_prefix
.
Donât build nor install test modules, like the test
package or the _testcapi
extension module (built and installed by default).
New in version 3.10.
Select the ensurepip
command run on Python installation:
upgrade
(default): run python -m ensurepip --altinstall --upgrade
command.
install
: run python -m ensurepip --altinstall
command;
no
: donât run ensurepip;
New in version 3.6.
Configuring Python using --enable-optimizations --with-lto
(PGO + LTO) is recommended for best performance.
Enable Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) using PROFILE_TASK
(disabled by default).
The C compiler Clang requires llvm-profdata
program for PGO. On macOS, GCC also requires it: GCC is just an alias to Clang on macOS.
Disable also semantic interposition in libpython if --enable-shared
and GCC is used: add -fno-semantic-interposition
to the compiler and linker flags.
New in version 3.6.
Changed in version 3.10: Use -fno-semantic-interposition
on GCC.
Environment variable used in the Makefile: Python command line arguments for the PGO generation task.
Default: -m test --pgo --timeout=$(TESTTIMEOUT)
.
New in version 3.8.
Enable Link Time Optimization (LTO) in any build (disabled by default).
The C compiler Clang requires llvm-ar
for LTO (ar
on macOS), as well as an LTO-aware linker (ld.gold
or lld
).
New in version 3.6.
New in version 3.11: To use ThinLTO feature, use --with-lto=thin
on Clang.
Enable computed gotos in evaluation loop (enabled by default on supported compilers).
Disable the specialized Python memory allocator pymalloc (enabled by default).
See also PYTHONMALLOC
environment variable.
Disable static documentation strings to reduce the memory footprint (enabled by default). Documentation strings defined in Python are not affected.
Donât define the WITH_DOC_STRINGS
macro.
See the PyDoc_STRVAR()
macro.
Enable C-level code profiling with gprof
(disabled by default).
A debug build is Python built with the --with-pydebug
configure option.
Effects of a debug build:
Display all warnings by default: the list of default warning filters is empty in the warnings
module.
Add d
to sys.abiflags
.
Add sys.gettotalrefcount()
function.
Add -X showrefcount
command line option.
Add PYTHONTHREADDEBUG
environment variable.
Add support for the __lltrace__
variable: enable low-level tracing in the bytecode evaluation loop if the variable is defined.
Install debug hooks on memory allocators to detect buffer overflow and other memory errors.
Define Py_DEBUG
and Py_REF_DEBUG
macros.
Add runtime checks: code surrounded by #ifdef Py_DEBUG
and #endif
. Enable assert(...)
and _PyObject_ASSERT(...)
assertions: donât set the NDEBUG
macro (see also the --with-assertions
configure option). Main runtime checks:
Add sanity checks on the function arguments.
Unicode and int objects are created with their memory filled with a pattern to detect usage of uninitialized objects.
Ensure that functions which can clear or replace the current exception are not called with an exception raised.
Check that deallocator functions donât change the current exception.
The garbage collector (gc.collect()
function) runs some basic checks on objects consistency.
The Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST()
macro checks for integer underflow and overflow when downcasting from wide types to narrow types.
See also the Python Development Mode and the --with-trace-refs
configure option.
Changed in version 3.8: Release builds and debug builds are now ABI compatible: defining the Py_DEBUG
macro no longer implies the Py_TRACE_REFS
macro (see the --with-trace-refs
option), which introduces the only ABI incompatibility.
Build Python in debug mode: define the Py_DEBUG
macro (disabled by default).
Enable tracing references for debugging purpose (disabled by default).
Effects:
Define the Py_TRACE_REFS
macro.
Add sys.getobjects()
function.
Add PYTHONDUMPREFS
environment variable.
This build is not ABI compatible with release build (default build) or debug build (Py_DEBUG
and Py_REF_DEBUG
macros).
New in version 3.8.
Build with C assertions enabled (default is no): assert(...);
and _PyObject_ASSERT(...);
.
If set, the NDEBUG
macro is not defined in the OPT
compiler variable.
See also the --with-pydebug
option (debug build) which also enables assertions.
New in version 3.6.
Enable Valgrind support (default is no).
Enable DTrace support (default is no).
See Instrumenting CPython with DTrace and SystemTap.
New in version 3.6.
Enable AddressSanitizer memory error detector, asan
(default is no).
New in version 3.6.
Enable MemorySanitizer allocation error detector, msan
(default is no).
New in version 3.6.
Enable UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer undefined behaviour detector, ubsan
(default is no).
New in version 3.6.
Enable building a shared Python library: libpython
(default is no).
Do not build libpythonMAJOR.MINOR.a
and do not install python.o
(built and enabled by default).
New in version 3.10.
Link against additional libraries (default is no).
Build the pyexpat
module using an installed expat
library (default is no).
Build the _ctypes
extension module using an installed ffi
library, see the ctypes
module (default is system-dependent).
Build the _decimal
extension module using an installed mpdec
library, see the decimal
module (default is no).
New in version 3.3.
Use editline
library for backend of the readline
module.
Define the WITH_EDITLINE
macro.
New in version 3.10.
Donât build the readline
module (built by default).
Donât define the HAVE_LIBREADLINE
macro.
New in version 3.10.
Override libm
math library to STRING (default is system-dependent).
Override libc
C library to STRING (default is system-dependent).
Root of the OpenSSL directory.
New in version 3.7.
Set runtime library directory (rpath) for OpenSSL libraries:
no
(default): donât set rpath;
auto
: auto-detect rpath from --with-openssl
and pkg-config
;
DIR: set an explicit rpath.
New in version 3.10.
Select hash algorithm for use in Python/pyhash.c
:
siphash13
(default);
siphash24
;
fnv
.
New in version 3.4.
New in version 3.11: siphash13
is added and it is the new default.
Built-in hash modules:
md5
;
sha1
;
sha256
;
sha512
;
sha3
(with shake);
blake2
.
New in version 3.9.
Override the OpenSSL default cipher suites string:
python
(default): use Pythonâs preferred selection;
openssl
: leave OpenSSLâs defaults untouched;
STRING: use a custom string
See the ssl
module.
New in version 3.7.
Changed in version 3.10: The settings python
and STRING also set TLS 1.2 as minimum protocol version.
See Mac/README.rst
.
Create a universal binary build. SDKDIR specifies which macOS SDK should be used to perform the build (default is no).
Create a Python.framework rather than a traditional Unix install. Optional INSTALLDIR specifies the installation path (default is no).
Specify the kind of universal binary that should be created. This option is only valid when --enable-universalsdk
is set.
Options:
universal2
;
32-bit
;
64-bit
;
3-way
;
intel
;
intel-32
;
intel-64
;
all
.
Specify the name for the python framework on macOS only valid when --enable-framework
is set (default: Python
).
Cross compiling, also known as cross building, can be used to build Python for another CPU architecture or platform. Cross compiling requires a Python interpreter for the build platform. The version of the build Python must match the version of the cross compiled host Python.
configure for building on BUILD, usually guessed by config.guess.
cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST (target platform)
path to build python
binary for cross compiling
New in version 3.11.
An environment variable that points to a file with configure overrides.
Example config.site file:
# config.site-aarch64 ac_cv_buggy_getaddrinfo=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
Cross compiling example:
CONFIG_SITE=config.site-aarch64 ../configure \ --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu \ --host=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu \ --with-build-python=../x86_64/python3.2. Python Build System¶ 3.2.1. Main files of the build system¶
configure.ac
=> configure
;
Makefile.pre.in
=> Makefile
(created by configure
);
pyconfig.h
(created by configure
);
Modules/Setup
: C extensions built by the Makefile using Module/makesetup
shell script;
setup.py
: C extensions built using the distutils
module.
C files (.c
) are built as object files (.o
).
A static libpython
library (.a
) is created from objects files.
python.o
and the static libpython
library are linked into the final python
program.
C extensions are built by the Makefile (see Modules/Setup
) and python setup.py build
.
make
: Build Python with the standard library.
make platform:
: build the python
program, but donât build the standard library extension modules.
make profile-opt
: build Python using Profile Guided Optimization (PGO). You can use the configure --enable-optimizations
option to make this the default target of the make
command (make all
or just make
).
make buildbottest
: Build Python and run the Python test suite, the same way than buildbots test Python. Set TESTTIMEOUT
variable (in seconds) to change the test timeout (1200 by default: 20 minutes).
make install
: Build and install Python.
make regen-all
: Regenerate (almost) all generated files; make regen-stdlib-module-names
and autoconf
must be run separately for the remaining generated files.
make clean
: Remove built files.
make distclean
: Same than make clean
, but remove also files created by the configure script.
Some C extensions are built as built-in modules, like the sys
module. They are built with the Py_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN
macro defined. Built-in modules have no __file__
attribute:
>>> import sys >>> sys <module 'sys' (built-in)> >>> sys.__file__ Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: module 'sys' has no attribute '__file__'
Other C extensions are built as dynamic libraries, like the _asyncio
module. They are built with the Py_BUILD_CORE_MODULE
macro defined. Example on Linux x86-64:
>>> import _asyncio >>> _asyncio <module '_asyncio' from '/usr/lib64/python3.9/lib-dynload/_asyncio.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'> >>> _asyncio.__file__ '/usr/lib64/python3.9/lib-dynload/_asyncio.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Modules/Setup
is used to generate Makefile targets to build C extensions. At the beginning of the files, C extensions are built as built-in modules. Extensions defined after the *shared*
marker are built as dynamic libraries.
The setup.py
script only builds C extensions as shared libraries using the distutils
module.
The PyAPI_FUNC()
, PyAPI_DATA()
and PyMODINIT_FUNC
macros of Include/pyport.h
are defined differently depending if the Py_BUILD_CORE_MODULE
macro is defined:
Use Py_EXPORTED_SYMBOL
if the Py_BUILD_CORE_MODULE
is defined
Use Py_IMPORTED_SYMBOL
otherwise.
If the Py_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN
macro is used by mistake on a C extension built as a shared library, its PyInit_xxx()
function is not exported, causing an ImportError
on import.
Options set by the ./configure
script and environment variables and used by Makefile
.
Value of CPPFLAGS
variable passed to the ./configure
script.
New in version 3.6.
(Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -Iinclude_dir
if you have headers in a nonstandard directory include_dir.
Both CPPFLAGS
and LDFLAGS
need to contain the shellâs value for setup.py to be able to build extension modules using the directories specified in the environment variables.
New in version 3.4.
Extra preprocessor flags added for building the interpreter object files.
Default: $(BASECPPFLAGS) -I. -I$(srcdir)/Include $(CONFIGURE_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
.
New in version 3.2.
C compiler command.
Example: gcc -pthread
.
C compiler command used to build the main()
function of programs like python
.
Variable set by the --with-cxx-main
option of the configure script.
Default: $(CC)
.
C++ compiler command.
Used if the --with-cxx-main
option is used.
Example: g++ -pthread
.
C compiler flags.
CFLAGS_NODIST
is used for building the interpreter and stdlib C extensions. Use it when a compiler flag should not be part of the distutils CFLAGS
once Python is installed (bpo-21121).
In particular, CFLAGS
should not contain:
the compiler flag -I
(for setting the search path for include files). The -I
flags are processed from left to right, and any flags in CFLAGS
would take precedence over user- and package-supplied -I
flags.
hardening flags such as -Werror
because distributions cannot control whether packages installed by users conform to such heightened standards.
New in version 3.5.
Extra C compiler flags.
Value of CFLAGS
variable passed to the ./configure
script.
New in version 3.2.
Value of CFLAGS_NODIST
variable passed to the ./configure
script.
New in version 3.5.
Base compiler flags.
Optimization flags.
Strict or non-strict aliasing flags used to compile Python/dtoa.c
.
New in version 3.7.
Compiler flags used to build a shared library.
For example, -fPIC
is used on Linux and on BSD.
Extra C flags added for building the interpreter object files.
Default: $(CCSHARED)
when --enable-shared
is used, or an empty string otherwise.
Default: $(BASECFLAGS) $(OPT) $(CONFIGURE_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
.
Default: $(CONFIGURE_CFLAGS_NODIST) $(CFLAGS_NODIST) -I$(srcdir)/Include/internal
.
New in version 3.5.
C flags used for building the interpreter object files.
Default: $(PY_CFLAGS) $(PY_CFLAGS_NODIST) $(PY_CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGSFORSHARED)
.
New in version 3.7.
Default: $(PY_STDMODULE_CFLAGS) -DPy_BUILD_CORE
.
New in version 3.2.
Compiler flags to build a standard library extension module as a built-in module, like the posix
module.
Default: $(PY_STDMODULE_CFLAGS) -DPy_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN
.
New in version 3.8.
Purify command. Purify is a memory debugger program.
Default: empty string (not used).
Linker command used to build programs like python
and _testembed
.
Default: $(PURIFY) $(MAINCC)
.
Value of LDFLAGS
variable passed to the ./configure
script.
Avoid assigning CFLAGS
, LDFLAGS
, etc. so users can use them on the command line to append to these values without stomping the pre-set values.
New in version 3.2.
LDFLAGS_NODIST
is used in the same manner as CFLAGS_NODIST
. Use it when a linker flag should not be part of the distutils LDFLAGS
once Python is installed (bpo-35257).
In particular, LDFLAGS
should not contain:
the compiler flag -L
(for setting the search path for libraries). The -L
flags are processed from left to right, and any flags in LDFLAGS
would take precedence over user- and package-supplied -L
flags.
Value of LDFLAGS_NODIST
variable passed to the ./configure
script.
New in version 3.8.
Linker flags, e.g. -Llib_dir
if you have libraries in a nonstandard directory lib_dir.
Both CPPFLAGS
and LDFLAGS
need to contain the shellâs value for setup.py to be able to build extension modules using the directories specified in the environment variables.
Linker flags to pass libraries to the linker when linking the Python executable.
Example: -lrt
.
Command to build a shared library.
Default: @LDSHARED@ $(PY_LDFLAGS)
.
Command to build libpython
shared library.
Default: @BLDSHARED@ $(PY_CORE_LDFLAGS)
.
Default: $(CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
.
Default: $(CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS_NODIST) $(LDFLAGS_NODIST)
.
New in version 3.8.
Linker flags used for building the interpreter object files.
New in version 3.8.
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