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Install Python

Get Python 3.10+ and an isolated environment.

Check / install

You want 3.10 or newer.

python3 --version

# macOS:   brew install python
# Ubuntu:  sudo apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip
# Windows: python.org installer, tick "Add to PATH"

Virtual environment

Keep each project's packages isolated.

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install requests