These instructions cover how to get a working copy of the source code and a compiled version of the CPython interpreter.

Compile, build and install Python 2.7 or 3.x binaries from source code. Use the generated copy & paste bash script.

Posit recommends installing Python appropriately from pre-compiled binaries using the Install Python procedures.

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.

In this article: Source code · Dependencies and requirements · Building · Build the wheel distribution · Build the source distribution (sdist) · Other useful ...