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My experience in Python is not much, but no error of this kind had yet appeared in any installation. As always appeared the message to upgrade the version of Pip, I decided to continue with this update, and that’s when I appeared this error.
Before I had installed the package "pyusb" without any problem.
I tried to install the package "pywinusb" and I had the same error in the upgrade of Pip.
I have done several searches through Google, but I have not found any answer that explains why this error...
PS C:\Python27> pip --version
pip 18.1 from c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip (python 2.7)
PS C:\Python27> python -m pip install --upgrade pip
Collecting pip
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 143, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 318, in run
resolver.resolve(requirement_set)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolve.py", line 102, in resolve
self._resolve_one(requirement_set, req)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolve.py", line 256, in _resolve_one
abstract_dist = self._get_abstract_dist_for(req_to_install)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolve.py", line 209, in _get_abstract_dist_for
self.require_hashes
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 283, in prepare_linked_requirement
progress_bar=self.progress_bar
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\download.py", line 836, in unpack_url
progress_bar=progress_bar
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\download.py", line 673, in unpack_http_url
progress_bar)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\download.py", line 895, in _download_http_url
file_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, filename)
File "C:\Python27\lib\ntpath.py", line 85, in join
result_path = result_path + p_path
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)
You are using pip version 18.1, however version 19.1.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
PS C:\Python27> pip install pywinusb
Collecting pywinusb
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 143, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 318, in run
resolver.resolve(requirement_set)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolve.py", line 102, in resolve
self._resolve_one(requirement_set, req)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolve.py", line 256, in _resolve_one
abstract_dist = self._get_abstract_dist_for(req_to_install)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolve.py", line 209, in _get_abstract_dist_for
self.require_hashes
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 283, in prepare_linked_requirement
progress_bar=self.progress_bar
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\download.py", line 836, in unpack_url
progress_bar=progress_bar
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\download.py", line 673, in unpack_http_url
progress_bar)
File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\download.py", line 895, in _download_http_url
file_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, filename)
File "c:\python27\lib\ntpath.py", line 85, in join
result_path = result_path + p_path
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)
My question is what could be causing the mistake: "Unicodedecodeerror: 'ascii' codec can’t Decode byte 0xe9 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)"?
About this particular mistake: "Unicodedecodeerror: 'ascii' codec can’t Decode byte 0xe9 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)", when I was trying to upgrade to Pip or trying to install any python package, it was due to the name of my user folder. My folder had the name "C:/Users/Sérgio Neves", and the "is" in "Sérgio" was the problem, so I changed the name of my folder to "C:/Users/Sergioneves", without accents or spaces. Thus, I have already managed to install Pip and python packages.
– Sérgio Neves