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Ubuntu – How to install Python2.7 on Cygwin?

4 years ago, I using apt-cyg can install Python2.7.x directly, successfully, without any error

But now, I can’t find Python2 in cygwin list

so I try to through complipe source on cygwin, and get failed

I also try to through complipe source on WSL2, then copy some dir to cygwin, and try to make install in the copyed dir, and get failed again

… why … Is it because some key packages are missing? (I install gcc, make, cmake, wget, …)

What is the correct way to install it??

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    I solve it by myself

    method as follow

    when you run

    • tar -zxvf Python-2.7.x...
    • ./configure --prefix=...
    • make

    STOP HERE, and find the file fficonfig.py, change some texts as follow:

    ffi_platforms['X86_WIN64'] ---> ffi_platforms['X86_64-unknown-cygwin']

    and

    'X86_64': ['src/x86/ffi64.c', 'src/x86/unix64.S', 'src/x86/ffi.c', 'src/x86/sysv.S'],
(add this line) 'X86_64-unknown-cygwin': ['src/x86/ffi64.c', 'src/x86/unix64.S', 'src/x86/ffi.c', 'src/x86/sysv.S'],

    save it, THEN make insatall

    will get success already, maybe there are some small errors, but you can run most file you need to run ...


  2. 0

    Python 2.7 was removed from Cygwin on Last July
    https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2023-July/011186.html

    If you really want you can install it using the Cygwin Time Machine
    http://www.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/Cygwin/timemachine.html

    Considering that python 2.7 is ancient and discontinued upstream, you should move to a less obsolete version

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