SSL Error when using pip

[Larz60+]

you are trying to run python from shims directory in .pyenv .
This is not the way to use shims.
Virtual environment must be started,
so where for project is located, run from command line (Linux) . ./venv/bin/activate
python (and the proper version for the virtual environment) will now be available from this environment.
try to see if you can get thsi far.
once you have your virtual environment up and running,
try from command line:

python
>>>
>>> print('hello')
hello

>>> quit()