Following this post, I have successfully installed Python 2.6 on Windows using pyenv-win and set it as the local version for my project using pyenv local 2.6. When I check with pyenv versions, it confirms that Python 2.6 is the active version.
To install pip, I downloaded the get-pip.py script from the official source. However, when I attempt to run the script using the command python get-pip.py, I encounter the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "get-pip.py", line 29, in <module>
"This script does not work on Python {}.{}".format(*this_python),
ValueError: zero length field name in format
This error suggests a compatibility issue with the formatting string in Python 2.6, which requires explicit positional indices for format fields.
I know Python 2.6 is quite old and might not be directly supported by the latest get-pip.py script, but I need pip to manage packages for a legacy project.
Has anyone encountered and resolved this issue, or can anyone suggest a workaround for installing pip on Python 2.6?
P.S. I voted to close the question because I think this post already resolves my problem, even though the error message is different.