PyPI has started requiring modern, secure TLS (TLS 1.2) to download stuff. You don't need Python 3, but you do need a more recent Python or at least one compile

PyPI has started requiring modern, secure TLS (TLS 1.2) to download stuff. You don't need Python 3, but you do need a more recent Python or at least one compiled against a more recent libssl. Which one are you running and do you have the exact error message?