I'm having no luck getting Python 3.8 running on (K)Ubuntu 18.04. I've got the main program installed, but it's lacking pip.
I did:
sudo add-ap...
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Digging through some closed issues I found you need to install python3.8-venv:
Now this works:
I'm sorry if this doesn't help. I thought of giving my two cents.
Try installing Anaconda. It's a superset of Python and comes with most commonly used packages by default. It uses a package manager called conda, which you can use for installing additional packages.
Installing Anaconda on Ubuntu 18.04
You might also find IPython really useful. It brings Jupyter notebook like features to the terminal.
Installing IPython
I think you may be missing this step:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip(from vsupalov.com/developing-with-pytho...).I have that installed, and that pip doesn't work correctly with python3.8. I needed the
python3.8-venvto create a virtual environment, and then I could use pip within it.I encountered the same problem. Finally I use pyenv to install Python 3.8 on Ubuntu 18.04.