Re: [IBMiOSS] bpython

After cursory investigation, I suspect bpython doesn't work on IBM i
because the underlying greenlet package has no support for ppc64 IBM i/AIX
https://github.com/python-greenlet/greenlet/tree/master/platform

I found this GitHub issue:
https://github.com/python-greenlet/greenlet/issues/145


"OpenSource" <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 04/02/2019
07:04:06 AM:

From: Craig Richards <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: IBMi Open Source Roundtable <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/02/2019 07:06 AM
Subject: [IBMiOSS] bpython
Sent by: "OpenSource" <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,

If I'm accessing IBMi via SSH and running bash 4.4 on the IBMi, would it

be

reasonable to expect that the bpython interpreter would run ok?

I tried installing it into a venv and hit a snag as GCC isn't installed

on

the IBMi.

I can see Aaron Bartell's instructions on how to install GCC at the

bottom

of this post:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?

u=https-3A__www.mcpressonline.com__programming_scripting_techtip-2Ddb2-2Dadapter-2Dfor-2Dshells&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-

siA1ZOg&r=ZCVxF-

w6wAginVZ42dfeYbM5huvio_77jTCJXaiFgrE&m=WtGpYhTzfcXSnznFy77iPRkzN16QeUejS82--

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which amounts to running:

$ cd /QOpenSys

$ git clone <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>git@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:litmis/ibmichroot.git
$ cd ibmichroot
$ ./pkg_setup.sh pkg_perzl_gcc-4.8.3.lst

Does this seem a reasonable thing to do?

thanks and regards,
Craig