This post lists the commands to build Python 3.5.2 on Ubuntu with Profile Guided Optimization and install the result into a local directory.
Steps
#Open a terminal
mkdir -p ~/fastpython3/src
mkdir -p ~/fastpython3/install
cd ~/fastpython3/src
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.2/Python-3.5.2.tgz
tar -zxvf Python-3.5.2.tgzcd Python-3.5.2/
./configure --prefix=${HOME}/fastpython3/install/
make profile-opt
make install export PATH="${HOME}/fastpython3/install/bin:${PATH}" which python
Validated On
Validated on a Virtual Machine called fresh-ubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64-4GB-RAM-100GB-Disk with 4GB RAM and a 100 GB VMDK, dynamically allocated disk, running a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.3, with no updates but with host-extensions installed, on VirtualBox Version 5.2.12 r122591 (Qt5.6.2) on Windows 7 SP1.
