Minimal Python source build on Linux

This directory shows how to bootstrap a local build from source on Linux with an eye toward maximum portability across different Linux distributions. This may help for contributors debugging build issues caused by their local environments.

Fedora 31

First, build the Docker image using:

docker build -t arrow_fedora_minimal -f Dockerfile.fedora .

Then build PyArrow with conda or pip/virtualenv, respectively:

# With pip/virtualenv
docker run --rm -t -i -v $PWD:/io arrow_fedora_minimal /io/build_venv.sh

# With conda
docker run --rm -t -i -v $PWD:/io arrow_fedora_minimal /io/build_conda.sh

Ubuntu 18.04

First, build the Docker image using:

docker build -t arrow_ubuntu_minimal -f Dockerfile.ubuntu .

Then build PyArrow with conda or pip/virtualenv, respectively:

# With pip/virtualenv
docker run --rm -t -i -v $PWD:/io arrow_ubuntu_minimal /io/build_venv.sh

# With conda
docker run --rm -t -i -v $PWD:/io arrow_ubuntu_minimal /io/build_conda.sh

Building on Fedora - Podman and SELinux

In addition to using Podman instead of Docker, you need to specify :Z for SELinux relabelling when binding a volume.

First, build the image using:

podman build -t arrow_fedora_minimal -f Dockerfile.fedora

Then build PyArrow with pip/virtualenv:

# With pip/virtualenv
podman run --rm -i -v $PWD:/io:Z -t arrow_fedora_minimal /io/build_venv.sh