Python for iOS

by Linus Yang

##Features

• Only for jailbroken devices, better than sandboxed version in App Store
• Updated to latest Python 2.7.x branch
• Fully functional, dynamically linking iOS port
• Built-in modules mostly working (See building module status below)
• IPv6 support
• Packages with several basic site packages:
  • setuptools (easy_install)
  • gevent
  • PyCrypto
  • pyOpenSSL
  • M2Crypto
• Works with on-device toolchains to build native Python libraries:
  • iPhone GCC toolchain from Cydia/Telesphoreo (recommended, directly working)
  • Clang toolchain by @coolstarorg at thebigboss repo (need to create a symlink by ln -s clang /usr/bin/arm-apple-darwin9-gcc)

Get latest built Debian Packages at Release Site.

##Build Guide: You may need Mac OS X and iOS 5.1 SDK for building armv6 binaries.

Change build.sh permission to be executable and run the script in terminal:

chmod +x build.sh   
./build.sh

##Building Module Status:

Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules were not found:
_tkinter           bsddb185           dl              
gdbm               imageop            linuxaudiodev   
nis                ossaudiodev        spwd            
sunaudiodev                                           
To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name.

##References:

• http://randomsplat.com/id5-cross-compiling-python-for-embedded-linux.html
• https://github.com/cobbal/python-for-iphone
• http://www.trevorbowen.com/2013/10/07/cross-compiling-python-2-7-5-for-embedded-linux/

##License This project is licensed under GPLv3.