Python 2 will soon be obsolete. Python 3 can be a challenge to navigate. It is strongly recommended to use virtual environment to manage python projects. Don't use system python for your projects.

Here is an example to start a project named isc3313. This approach will isolate python issues to the specific environment without impacting anything else.
scl enable rh-python36 bash
virtualenv isc3313
source isc3313/bin/activate
Manage anything needed for this project
pip install tensorflow...
To exit the environment, run
deactivate

To determine if you are running a particular Software Collection:

echo $X_SCLS

To test a Software Collection state, use "scl_enabled rh-python36" exit code.

To run script using python3.6 through Redhat Software Collection, use the following script template

#!/usr/bin/scl enable rh-python36 -- python3
import sys
version = "Python %d.%d" % (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor)
print("You are running Python",version)

For more details, refers to Python 3 on RHEL

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