Python 2.7 has reached End Of Life. This repository branch is no longer maintained.

This repository branch builds a packaged version of Python 2.7.14. Other Python versions are available by cloning other branches of the main repository.

This is a meta-package for building a version of Python that can be embedded into a macOS, iOS, tvOS or watchOS project.

It works by downloading, patching, and building a fat binary of Python and selected pre-requisites, and packaging them as static libraries that can be incorporated into an XCode project.

The binaries support x86_64 for macOS; arm64 for iOS and appleTV devices; and armv7k for watchOS. This should enable the code to run on:

• MacBook
• iMac
• Mac Pro
• iPhone (5s or later)
• iPad (5th gen or later)
• iPad Air (all models)
• iPad Mini (2 or later)
• iPad Pro (all models)
• iPod Touch (6th gen or later)
• Apple TV (4th gen or later)
• Apple Watch

Pre-built versions of the frameworks can be downloaded for macOS, for iOS, for tvOS, and for watchOS, and added to your project.

Alternatively, to build the frameworks on your own, download/clone this repository, and then in the root directory, and run:

• make (or make all) to build everything.
• make macOS to build everything for macOS.
• make iOS to build everything for iOS.
• make tvOS to build everything for tvOS.
• make watchOS to build everything for watchOS.

This should:

1. Download the original source packages
2. Patch them as required for compatibility with the selected OS
3. Build the packages as XCode-compatible frameworks.

The build products will be in the build directory; the compiled frameworks will be in the dist directory.

These tools are also able to compile the following packages that have binary components:

• numpy

These binary components are not compiled by default. However, the build infrastructure of this project can compile them on request. You can run:

make <name of package>

to build a specific package; or, to build all supported packages:

make app_packages

For details on how to add these binary packages to your project, see the package-specific documentation linked above.