Package Details: python2-bin 2.7.18_1-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/python2-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: python2-bin
Description: Python2 binaries for x86_64
Upstream URL: https://python.org
Keywords: python2
Licenses: PSF
Conflicts: python2
Provides: python2
Submitter: vanillabase1lb
Maintainer: vanillabase1lb
Last Packager: vanillabase1lb
Votes: 16
Popularity: 0.68
First Submitted: 2022-09-27 15:58 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2022-11-21 17:25 (UTC)

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vanillabase1lb commented on 2022-09-27 16:07 (UTC)

Build flags and binaries present here - https://github.com/VanillaBase1lb/python2-bin-aur

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ferrvittorio commented on 2025-05-12 07:09 (UTC)

Hi, is it possible to replace python2 with this python2-bin? And how. Many thanks

lyhokia commented on 2024-04-08 00:59 (UTC) (edited on 2024-04-08 01:00 (UTC) by lyhokia) 

Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
ImportError: No module named site

joshm commented on 2022-12-12 14:50 (UTC)

As @allexj and others who see the "did not pass the validity check" message, try removing the cache dir for this package and then updating again (it worked for me):

rm -rf ~/.cache/pacaur/python2-bin

allexj commented on 2022-12-08 12:01 (UTC)

==> Validating source files with md5sums... python2-build.tar.gz ... FAILED ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check! -> error making: python2-bin

vanillabase1lb commented on 2022-11-21 17:26 (UTC)

Thanks @Fall, should work now.

Fall commented on 2022-11-21 17:03 (UTC)

Upgrading this package while having system python installed results in this:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python2-bin: /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz exists in filesystem (owned by python)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
 -> exit status 1

Patch/workaround that worked for me:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 62ef404..b99b072 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ package() {
        rm python2-build/bin/pydoc
        rm python2-build/bin/python
        rm python2-build/bin/python-config
+       rm python2-build/share/man/man1/python.1

        sed -i "s|/mnt/storage/temp/python2-build|/usr|" python2-build/bin/python${_pybasever}-config
        sed -i "s|/mnt/storage/temp/python2-build|/usr|" python2-build/lib/pkgconfig/python-${_pybasever}.pc

vanillabase1lb commented on 2022-11-21 16:35 (UTC)

I've reworked the PKGBUILD script and all the issues in previous comments seem to be resolved. Ping here if there is something else broken.

camsington commented on 2022-11-06 06:02 (UTC)

I concur with @eclairevoyant that having binaries built by unknown third parties and offered under official-sounding names is a dangerous practice.

bkb commented on 2022-11-02 14:45 (UTC)

Sure, and compiling every binaries over here on need and copy it instead of downloading binaries over the web

eclairevoyant commented on 2022-11-02 11:46 (UTC)

I don't mean it as jumping on mistakes or anything, everyone can make mistakes. My point is more that python never had binary releases for Linux so we have to rely on an unofficial binary package... doesn't seem like a good idea. It would be an easy way to add in extra code which to me is an unnecessary risk.

Also, to @bkb's point anyone who needs this package should be able to build the regular package on a better machine and simply copy it over to the machines that are weaker. Since this only supports x86_64 anyway, no need to even cross-compile.

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