The most common way people go about setting up a Python environment is to do something like this:

$ sudo apt install python3 python3-pip    # installs pip3
$ sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip         # upgrade pip to latest version

Congrats, now you’re stuck with whatever version ships with the distro. I think we can do better!

pyenv

My recommendation now, is to use pyenv with which you can manage multiple versions, virtualenvs through a nice CLI

Uninstall pip/pip3

Before proceeding, I’d suggest uninstalling pip using pip uninstall pip and sudo apt remove python3-pip

Installation

Using the pyenv installer project

$ sudo apt install libssl-dev \
                   libsqlite-dev \
                   libreadline-dev \
                   libbz2-dev  \
                   libsqlite3-dev  # I've observed failures without these libs
$ curl https://pyenv.run | bash
...
WARNING: seems you still have not added 'pyenv' to the load path.

# Load pyenv automatically by adding
# the following to ~/.bashrc:

export PATH="/home/taimoor/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

This should set up pyenv for you. Read the instructions printed at the end and follow them! Add the three things to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc or whatever.

Usage (summarized)

Example: Install Python 3.8.1:

$ pyenv install 3.8.1

P.S: logout and log back in

P.S2: Tab completion works!

Virtualenv

Create a virtualenv

$ pyenv virtualenv 3.8.1 venv3.8    # create a virtualenv called venv3.8 based on python 3.8.1
$ pyenv activate venv3.8    # activate venv3.8
$ python --version
Python 3.8.1
$ which python
/home/taimoor/.pyenv/shims/python

That’s it! Now you can manage your anaconda and python environments, versions sooo much better.