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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+# this script will download Python source code, compile it, and install it to /usr/local/lib
+# then use this python to compile cross-compiled python for aarch64
+ARCH=$1
+PYTHON_VERSION=3.10.10
+PYTHON_SOURCE_DIR=Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}
+PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AMD64=${PWD}/python-${PYTHON_VERSION}/amd64
+PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AARCH64=${PWD}/python-${PYTHON_VERSION}/aarch64
+
+function download_python_source_code() {
+  wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz
+  tar -xvf Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz
+}
+
+function compile_for_amd64_platform() {
+  mkdir -p "$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AMD64"
+
+  echo "Compiling for amd64 platform..."
+
+  ./configure \
+    --prefix="$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AMD64" \
+    --enable-shared \
+    ac_cv_pthread_is_default=no ac_cv_pthread=yes ac_cv_cxx_thread=yes \
+    ac_cv_have_long_long_format=yes \
+    --disable-ipv6 ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
+
+  make
+  make install
+}
+
+# explain Python compile options here a bit:s
+# --enable-shared: enable building a shared Python library (default is no) but we do need it for calling from rust
+# CC, CXX, AR, LD, RANLIB: set the compiler, archiver, linker, and ranlib programs to use
+# build: the machine you are building on, host: the machine you will run the compiled program on
+# --with-system-ffi: build _ctypes module using an installed ffi library, see Doc/library/ctypes.rst, not used in here TODO: could remove
+# ac_cv_pthread_is_default=no ac_cv_pthread=yes ac_cv_cxx_thread=yes:
+# allow cross-compiled python to have -pthread set for CXX, see https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22525
+# ac_cv_have_long_long_format=yes: target platform supports long long type
+# disable-ipv6: disable ipv6 support, we don't need it in here
+# ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no: disable pty support, we don't need it in here
+function compile_for_aarch64_platform() {
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AMD64/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+  export LIBRARY_PATH=$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AMD64/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH
+  export PATH=$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AMD64/bin:$PATH
+
+  mkdir -p "$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AARCH64"
+
+  echo "Compiling for aarch64 platform..."
+  echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+  echo "LIBRARY_PATH: $LIBRARY_PATH"
+  echo "PATH: $PATH"
+
+  ./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=aarch64-linux-gnu \
+    --prefix="$PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH_AARCH64" --enable-optimizations \
+    CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    CXX=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++ \
+    AR=aarch64-linux-gnu-ar \
+    LD=aarch64-linux-gnu-ld \
+    RANLIB=aarch64-linux-gnu-ranlib \
+    --enable-shared \
+    ac_cv_pthread_is_default=no ac_cv_pthread=yes ac_cv_cxx_thread=yes \
+    ac_cv_have_long_long_format=yes \
+    --disable-ipv6 ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
+
+  make
+  make altinstall
+}
+
+# Main script starts here.
+download_python_source_code
+
+# Enter the python source code directory.
+cd $PYTHON_SOURCE_DIR || exit 1
+
+# Build local python first, then build cross-compiled python.
+compile_for_amd64_platform
+
+# Clean the build directory.
+make clean && make distclean
+
+# Cross compile python for aarch64.
+if [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]; then
+  compile_for_aarch64_platform
+fi