Since `251bd8d`, ToaruOS-NIH's C library has been capable of building Python using the following steps:

0. Install Python 3.6 locally. Python requires that you have the same version as you trying to build when cross-compiling.
1. Activate the ToaruOS toolchain so that `i686-pc-toaru-gcc` is in your path:

    `source util/activate.sh`
2. Clone the `nih` branch of `https://github.com/klange/cpython` to a directory.
3. Configure Python as follows:

    `./configure --disable-ipv6 --enable-shared --host=i686-pc-toaru --build=i686 --prefix=/usr/python ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no ac_cv_func_dlopen=yes ac_cv_func_wait3=no ac_cv_var_tzname=no ac_cv_func_unsetenv=no ac_cv_var_putenv=no ac_cv_header_sys_lock_h=no ac_cv_header_sys_param_h=no ac_cv_header_sys_resource_h=no ac_cv_header_libintl_h=no ac_cv_func_sigaction=no`
4. Run `make` to build Python.
5. Install Python to the the ToaruOS filesystem base directory:

    `make DESTDIR="$TOOLCHAIN/../base" commoninstall bininstall`
6. Return to your ToaruOS checkout and run the following to clean up unused parts of the Python installation and reduce its size:

    `util/fix-python.sh`