python2-on-manjaro.txt

# download source https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2712/
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.12/Python-2.7.12.tgz
tar -zxvf Python-2.7.12.tgz
cd Python-2.7.12

# install
./configure
make
sudo make install

# crate bin in home if not exists
mkdir ~/bin
ln -s /usr/bin/python2 ~/bin/python
PATH=~/bin:$PATH

# download and install pip
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

@vmrfriz sorry, I've not been using Manjaro for years, not sure what the current solution is.

I believe the proper way to manage python envs is pyenv:

https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv