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You're on slackware. Get onto alien bob's site as he has several python modules for download
Well not exactly.
I have a small amount of python modules available but those are all for Slackware's python2. The OP has attempted to upgrade to python3 and that is mostly incompatible with everything in Slackware.
It would have been better to keep Slackware's python2 and install python3 in parallel.
As Willy suggests, remove the existing python package and install the stock python package and python3 from Slackbuilds.org.
If you're into python development, I suggest you learn virtualenv (+ virtualenvwrapper, both available from slackbuilds.org) to manage your python environment and for adding additional modules (with pip).
If you're into python development, I suggest you learn virtualenv (+ virtualenvwrapper, both available from slackbuilds.org) to manage your python environment and for adding additional modules (with pip).
Or as an alternative have a look at either conda or miniconda. I use the latter for my python development as I find it far easier to deal with than virtualenv for things that don't get installed through pip.
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