The new python tool, uv, combines several tools in one, in a fast reliable way.
It will automatically create a venv, and let you pick specific python versions, as well as do pip install.

You can find out more about it at https://docs.astral.sh/uv/

The instructions for running the sample go from, check pip version, set up venv, do pip install to:

# Install Strands core packages (required for all examples)
uv pip install strands-agents
uv pip install strands-agents-tools

It's also much faster than pip