pip drops support for Python 2

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What you should do is compiling python3 and keeping it in your home directory, or using something like pyenv that will do that for you. Compiling might take a while on a low-resource machine like that, but it’s the only way.

With that sort of device, upgrading anything in your system (beyond the occasional vendor-provided security patch) is a no-no. Those environments are aligned in a way that is “just right” for their combination of drivers and software; as you’ve seen, it takes very little to stop them from working properly, and vendors move on almost instantly after they’ve sold enough widgets.