relocatable python build

dockerfile

# Use the latest Ubuntu image as a base
FROM ubuntu:latest
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

# Install dependencies required for compiling Python
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    libssl-dev \
    zlib1g-dev \
    libncurses5-dev \
    libncursesw5-dev \
    libreadline-dev \
    libsqlite3-dev \
    libgdbm-dev \
    libdb5.3-dev \
    libbz2-dev \
    libexpat1-dev \
    liblzma-dev \
    libffi-dev \
    wget

# Download Python source code. Replace '3.10.0' with the version you want.
RUN wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/Python-3.10.0.tgz

# Extract the downloaded tarball
RUN tar -xzf Python-3.10.0.tgz


RUN mkdir -p /root/python_versions
# Configure Python to install in the custom directory
ENV LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath='\$\$ORIGIN/../lib'"
RUN cd Python-3.10.0 && \
    ./configure --prefix=/root/python_versions  --enable-shared --enable-optimizations && \
    make -j 8 && \
    make altinstall

RUN /root/python_versions/bin/python3.10 --version

RUN mv /root/python_versions /root/relocated_python
RUN /root/relocated_python/bin/python3.10 --version


CMD ["bash"]