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Python 3.11 Unraid TXZ Package/Plugin

Python 3.11 Unraid TXZ Package/Plugin

I've been trying to get Python 3.11 installed on Unraid 6.11 or 6.12. I looked around for pre-compiled TXZ packages, but only found 3.9.x packages from @dlandon in https://github.com/dlandon/python3 and @EUGENI_CAT in https://github.com/UnRAIDES/unRAID-NerdTools/blob/main/packages/6.11/python3-3.9.16-x86_64-1.txz   Usually for Slackware package compilation, a SlackBuild file is provided to configure the system before calling the package's make file. The newest SlackBuild I could find o
All right, I got things working.    Starting with Python 3.10, OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer is required https://peps.python.org/pep-0644/ which means the OpenSSL 1.1 installed by default in Unraid 6.12.3 does not meet the requirements. In other words, using Python 3.10 or newer will require OpenSSL to also be installed as a prerequisite. I got OpenSSL 3.1.2 from https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openssl-3.1.2-x86_64-1.txz and added it to the /boot/extra/ direct