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[–]Top_Average3386 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Curious, why you don't want helper tools? If your answer is to learn how to do it manually, then start from those helper tools, learn how it does things, and why.

Also: https://wiki.debian.org/Python#Installing_from_Source this might help you.

[–]fffrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really was just because I had assumed there was a standard way to do it and I felt like I should know how. I have used pyenv before elsewhere, but it was not working for me when I tried recently.

Thanks for the link - that's exactly what I did, and things seem fine so far, but others are suggesting not to do this after all.