Thanks for trying aider! Sorry to hear you had trouble with the install. Installing Python cli tools is tricky, which is why I recommend using the uv-based installer.

The docs do list a variety of other install methods:

https://aider.chat/docs/install.html

And there is a faq about running aider from source:

https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html#how-can-i-run-aider-locally...