Python 3.7 Mac needs a different way to compile with ssl

[nedbat]

I've found pythonz can't build 3.7 with ssl on Mac successfully.

The devguide (https://devguide.python.org/setup/) says:

with Homebrew:

$ brew install openssl xz
and configure python versions >= 3.7:

./configure --with-pydebug --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)
or configure python versions < 3.7:

$ CPPFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include" \
  LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix openssl)/lib" \
  ./configure --with-pydebug

[ifduyue]

@nedbat try --configure=CONFIGURE_OPTIONS

[nedbat]

Nice! This worked:

pythonz install 3.7.0 --configure="--with-pydebug --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)"

[miozus]

Nice! this worked too --configure="--with-pydebug --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)"

make

sudo make install

pip install ipython --user

via Python 3.7.2

[jpstroop]

In case it helps anyone else: This always gets me, and I finally added a function in my .bash_profile that always adds these args:

function pythonz() {
  EXTRA_INSTALL_FLAGS="--with-pydebug --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)"
  if [[ "$1" == "install" ]]; then
    shift 1
    command pythonz install $1 --configure="$EXTRA_INSTALL_FLAGS"
  else
    command pythonz "$@"
  fi
}

[izumiberat]

Hi, I installed Python 3.10.4 on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7. I am following the same instructions as indicated in this issue and I get the following error when executing : ./configure --with-pydebug --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl) Result : zsh: no such file or directory: ./configure

It tries to look for that file here : /usr/local/opt/openssl@3 Should I simply create a file named "configure"? I tried the suggested commands too, but I get a similar error message. Thanks for your help.

[ifduyue]

@izumiberat did you try pythonz install 3.10.4 --configure="--with-pydebug --with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)"

[izumiberat]

Thank you for your help @ifduyue, running the command in the cpython directory resolved the issue.