I'm trying to building HammerDB from source with different python verison (version 3.11)

[Sheharyar570]

I’m currently trying to build HammerDB from source, and I’ve encountered an issue that I’m hoping to get some help with.

I've successfully configured the environment variables and installed the necessary DB clients. The client libraries were built without any problems. However, I'm getting stuck when the build process tries to compile the tcl0.4 library, which is throwing an error.

One thing to note is that I'm attempting to compile using Python 3.11 instead of Python 3.8 on Ubuntu 22.04.4.
Despite searching online, I haven't been able to find clear guidance on how to build HammerDB from source with a different Python version.

Here’s the error message I’m seeing:

FATAL > MSysRun: Error running command:
cd /home/emumba/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Build/tclpy ; make -j 8 ; make default 
Error message:
~/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Build/tclpy ~/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Build/tclpy
sed "s/PACKAGE_VERSION/0.4/g" pkgIndex.tcl.in > pkgIndex.tcl
gcc -fPIC -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -fno-strict-overflow -Wall -Wextra -Wstrict-aliasing -Wstrict-overflow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -O2 -DPY_LIBFILE='"libpython3.11.so"' -DPACKAGE_VERSION='"0.4"' -I/usr/local/include/python3.8 -I/usr/local/include/python3.8 -I/home/emumba/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Install/Tcl/include -c generic/tclpy.c -o tclpy.o
rm -f libtclpy.so tclpy.so
gcc -shared -fPIC -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -fno-strict-overflow -Wall -Wextra -Wstrict-aliasing -Wstrict-overflow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -O2 -DPY_LIBFILE='"libpython3.11.so"' tclpy.o -o libtclpy0.4.so -Wl,--export-dynamic -L/home/emumba/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Install/Tcl/lib -ltcl8.6 -lpython3.8 -lcrypt -ldl  -lm -lm 
rm -f libtclpy.so tclpy.so
gcc -shared -fPIC -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -fno-strict-overflow -Wall -Wextra -Wstrict-aliasing -Wstrict-overflow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -O2 -DPY_LIBFILE='"libpython3.11.so"' tclpy.o -o libtclpy0.4.so -Wl,--export-dynamic -L/home/emumba/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Install/Tcl/lib -ltcl8.6 -lpython3.8 -lcrypt -ldl  -lm -lm 
~/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Build/tclpy
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils.sysconfig module is deprecated, use sysconfig instead
generic/tclpy.c:464:19: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘PyObject * (*)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *)’ {aka ‘struct _object * (*)(struct _object *, struct _object *, struct _object *)’} to ‘PyObject * (*)(PyObject *, PyObject *)’ {aka ‘struct _object * (*)(struct _object *, struct _object *)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
  464 |         {"eval",  (PyCFunction)tclpy_eval,
      |                   ^
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils.sysconfig module is deprecated, use sysconfig instead
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython3.8: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:56: libtclpy0.4.so] Error 1
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils.sysconfig module is deprecated, use sysconfig instead
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython3.8: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:56: libtclpy0.4.so] Error 1
    while executing
"exec /bin/bash /home/emumba/emumba/HammerDB/Build/BawtBuild/Linux/x64/Release/Build/tclpy/_Bawt_MSysRun_MSysBuild.sh"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval exec [GetMSysShell] [list $batchFile]"

Could someone provide some insight on the following:

1. Changing Python Version: How can I configure the build process to use Python 3.11 instead of Python 3.8?
2. tcl0.4 Compilation Errors: Has anyone encountered similar issues with compiling the tcl0.4 library, and how did you resolve them?

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

[sm-shaw]

The build from source uses python3-config to find the right libraries make sure that the correct python3-config you want to use is in the path.
Note if you don't want to use the python interface comment out the tclpy line here https://github.com/TPC-Council/HammerDB/blob/master/Build/Bawt-2.1.0/Setup/HammerDB-Linux.bawt