A simple script that builds static versions of Python and LibPython using musl-libc

build-static-python.sh

	
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            #!/bin/bash
# set -eux

# This a simple script that builds static versions of Python and LibPython using musl-libc
# Find the associated article at: http://general-purpose.io/2015/12/06/compiling-python-and-libpython-statically-using-musl-libc/

WORKING_DIR="/code/static-python"
MUSL_PREFIX="/code/static-python/musl"
PY_PREFIX="/code/static-python/python"

# COMPILER="gcc"
# COMPILER_VERSION="4.8"
COMPILER="clang"
COMPILER_VERSION="3.7"

# make the compiler's actual command name
export CC="${COMPILER}-${COMPILER_VERSION}"

# prepare the working directory
mkdir --parents "${WORKING_DIR}"

# download/extract/build static musl libc
cd "${WORKING_DIR}"
wget "http://www.musl-libc.org/releases/musl-1.1.12.tar.gz"
tar -xzf musl-1.1.12.tar.gz
cd musl-1.1.12
./configure --prefix="${MUSL_PREFIX}" --disable-shared
make
make install

# enable the "musl compiler"
export CC="${MUSL_PREFIX}/bin/musl-${COMPILER}"

# download/extract/build static python/libpython
cd "${WORKING_DIR}"
wget "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/Python-3.5.0.tar.xz"
tar -xJf Python-3.5.0.tar.xz
cd Python-3.5.0
./configure --prefix="${PY_PREFIX}" --disable-shared  \
            LDFLAGS="-static" CFLAGS="-static" CPPFLAGS="-static"
make
make install

# done ! (ignore any error that might happen during "make install")
# we now have:
#   ${MUSL_PREFIX}/bin/musl-gcc       : "static gcc" that uses musl
#   ${PY_PREFIX}/bin/python3.5        : static python interpreter
#   ${PY_PREFIX}/lib/libpython3.5m.a  : static libpython
#   ${PY_PREFIX}/include/python3.5m   : include directory for libpython