Want to use python3.9 with actual pip and venv. And remove python3.8. I've installed python3.9 like that. Then pip. And python3.9-venv using apt. Problem is pip and venv use distutils. Whish downloads via python3-distutils (python3.9-distutils is virtual package which refers to python3-distutils) and drags python3.8 with it. I tried to remove python3.8 with all that methods one by one. But each time distutils removes along with python3.8. I read that dialogue. And I'm not quite sure but it seems there is no distutils outside of python3.8 package. So am I nailed forever with python3.8 or there is solution to remove it safely? Or somehow extract distutils and tie it with python3.9? Continue reading...
