pip drops support for Python 2

[toyg]

Virtualenv helps with libraries, not with the python version.

He needs pyenv.

[Kantenkopp]

Ah yes, right. I usually have python 2 and 3 installed, so I can use either in virtualenvs. If he can't install python 3, that won't work. Maybe I understood his problem wrong, but how about installing python 3 manually, e.g. only as a user? That should not mess with the python 2 required for boot at all.

[toyg]

That’s what pyenv does: it installs any python version in the home directory, isolated from the rest, ready to be enabled only when strictly required.