The best way to kill a snake is to stomp it with your boot.
To install python and have it configured with pip, virtualenv, simply run the following
Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/tchoedak/python_bootstrap.git
If git isn't available in your machine, use wget and download the zip
wget https://github.com/tchoedak/python_bootstrap/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
Install
cd python_bootstrap
./install
First load the environment
cd python_bootstrap
source .env
Create a new virtualenv called bobbys_playground
virtualenv bobbys_playground
source bobbys_playground/bin/activate
Install a package within that virtual environment
pip install paramiko
Delete the local installation of python and any files in the tmp directory
./cleanup