However gensim install still dies because it is still pointing at the 3.6 python folders. My
/usr/lib now has python3.6 and python3.8, but my internet searches do not reveal how to point pip to the correct version. People talk about a pip.conf file, but I don’t have it.
You may need to see if pip3.8 as a command exists. If not, install python38-pip and you’ll have that. That pip will use 3.8 by default, no issues. I’m not sure how a pip.conf works, honestly. I just work off of the pip3.X commands that exist on a given system.
There are currently pythons 2.7, 3.8, and 3.9 available. They are not supported as long as the 3.6. Strictly, one does not need to install the 3.6 for user. The platform, e.g. dnf, absolutely requires python 3.6, but it does not need to be visible to the user. The ‘pip’ probably resolves via alternatives to some pipX.Y.
P.S. You will pip install as regular user, won’t you? One should.