Build Python 2 on PPC64 Debian Ports Sid:

1. wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/Python-2.7.18.tar.xz
2. tar -xvf Python-2.7.18.tar.xz
3. cd Python-2.7.18
4. mkdir build && cd build
5. ../configure --PREFIX=/usr
6. make -j16 CFLAGS="-std=c99 -O2 -mcpu=native"
7. sudo make install
8. sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 2
9. sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 1
10. sudo update-alternatives --config python
11. python --version

• https://tecadmin.net/install-python-2-7-on-ubuntu-and-linuxmint/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43062608/how-to-update-alternatives-to-python-3-without-breaking-apt
• https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/issues/1098

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