setup-python-amazon-linux

Github action to install python in amazon linux. The goal of this action is to be a drop in replacement for the Github's official setup-python action to the maximum extent possible.

Why?

• This project exists because, as of Nov 2023 Github has no plans support amazon linux in the foreseeable future for its official setup-python action for amazon linux self-hosted runners.

Usage

All you have to do is change "setup-python" to "setup-python-amazon-linux" in your workflows

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-python-amazon-linux@v1
  with:
    python-version: '3.10'
- run: python my_script.py

For more options to the action, kindly refer action.yml

Implementation caveat

This action compiles the desired version of python from source for the first time because the glibc version in use in amazon linux 2 is very old (2.26) and the pre-made existing binary distributions fail with the following error

python: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found
python: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found

Hence, only for the first time this action may like 3 to 4 minutes depending on the runner configuration. Post this only cache will be used and hence will be very fast (4 to 5 seconds)

Supported amazon linux flavours

• Amazon Linux 2
• Amazon Linux 2023

If you need support for more kindly raise an issue or a PR

Contributing

Contributions are most welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md