I'd appreciate any help you can offer a newbie ito install Paramiko on a pi zero w
I deduce you are battling with an ancient OS release on your RPi Zero W board, and consequently an unsupported version of Python.
Ref: Sunsetting Python 2 - https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/
We are volunteers who make and take care of the Python programming language. We have decided that January 1, 2020, was the day that we sunset Python 2. That means that we will not improve it anymore after that day, even if someone finds a security problem in it. You should upgrade to Python 3 as soon as you can.
Using current supported versions of the OS and Python might make for a smoother path.
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