I assume the gold standard is just downloading a compiled binary and using that. Which is the norm for almost everyone ... except python projects.

When it comes to compiling/running from source, Python is in the middle of the pack. It's not as smooth as rust (install cargo from your package manager or from rustup, run "cargo build") but not as bad as C++ (run through the install section of the readme of each dependency, then debug whatever build system the project is using).

Perl, Ruby, JavaScript, PHP, Bash, Go, C, C++, Rust and even Java is easier to deal with than Python tools. Seeing that it is a Python tool usually make my heart drop a lot and makes me look for alternatives before attempting to get it running.