I want to use debian:bullseye
as a base image and then install a specific Python version - i.e. 3.11.1. At the moment I am just learning docker and linux.
From what I understand I can either:
- Download and compile sources
- Install binaries (using apt-get)
- Use a Python base image
I have come across countless questions on here and articles online. Do I use deadsnakes? What version do I need? Are there any official python distributions (who is deadsnakes anyway)?
But ultimately I want to know the best means of getting Python on there. I don't want to use a Python base image - I am curious in the steps involved. Compile sources - I am far from having that level of knowhow - and one for another day.
Currently I am rolling with the following:
FROM debian:bullseye
RUN apt update && apt upgrade -y
RUN apt install software-properties-common -y
RUN add-apt-repository "ppa:deadsnakes/ppa"
RUN apt install python3.11
This fails with:
#8 1.546 E: Unable to locate package python3.11
#8 1.546 E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python3.11'
Ultimately - it's not the error - its just finding a good way of getting a specific Python version on my container.
CodePudding user response:
In case you want to install Python 3.11 in debian bullseye you have to compile it from source following the next steps (inside the Dockerfile):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common wget
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.1/Python-3.11.1.tar.xz
sudo tar -xf Python-3.11.1.tar.xz
cd Python-3.11.1
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall
Another option (easiest) would be to use the official Python Docker image, in your case:
FROM 3.11-bullseye
You have all the versions available in docker hub.
Other option that could be interesting in your case is 3.11-slim-bullseye
, that is an image that does not contain the common packages contained in the default tag and only contains the minimal packages needed to run python.
CodePudding user response:
Based on @tomasborella answer, to do this in docker:
Dockerfile
FROM debian:bullseye
RUN apt-get update -y \
&& apt-get upgrade -y \
&& apt-get -y install build-essential \
zlib1g-dev \
libncurses5-dev \
libgdbm-dev \
libnss3-dev \
libssl-dev \
libreadline-dev \
libffi-dev \
libsqlite3-dev \
libbz2-dev \
wget \
&& export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
&& apt-get purge -y imagemagick imagemagick-6-common
RUN cd /usr/src \
&& wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.0/Python-3.11.0.tgz \
&& tar -xzf Python-3.11.0.tgz \
&& cd Python-3.11.0 \
&& ./configure --enable-optimizations \
&& make altinstall
RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/local/bin/python3.11 1
update-alternatives
- will update the links to allow you to run python
as opposed to specifying python3.11
when you want to run it.
It takes a while to compile those sources!