This is mostly a curse of Python’s popularity. The reason you can’t pip install with system Python is that it can break things, and when your system is relying on Python to run various tools, that can’t be allowed. No one (sane) is building OS-level scripts with Node.
The simplest answer, IMO, is to download the Python source code, build it, and then run make altinstall. It’ll install in parallel with system Python, and you can then alias the new executable path so you no longer have to think about it. Assuming you already have gcc’s tool chain installed, it takes roughly 10-15 minutes to build. Not a big deal.
The simplest answer, IMO, is to download the Python source code, build it, and then run make altinstall. It’ll install in parallel with system Python, and you can then alias the new executable path so you no longer have to think about it. Assuming you already have gcc’s tool chain installed, it takes roughly 10-15 minutes to build. Not a big deal.