On 09/09/2015 17:16, Wolfgang Maier wrote: > On 09.09.2015 10:23, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Laszlo Lebrun via Python-list >> <python-list@python.org> wrote: >>> Whenever I start PIP, I get: >>> "Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"C:\Users >>> \B├╝rgerGegenFlugl├ñrm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32 >>> \python.exe" >>> "C:\Users\B³rgerGegenFluglõrm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python >>> \Python35-32\Scripts\pip.exe" '" >>> >>> Where the correct path is "C:\Users\BürgerGegenFluglärm\AppData..." >>> >>> The funny thing is that the message mentions the path twice, with >>> different wrong codings. >>> :-( >> > > I may be wrong, but isn't the error message suggesting that this is a > bug in the py launcher instead of in pip? > If I remember a post from a recent thread correctly, then pip.exe is > just a script using the launcher. > If that's true, shouldn't the recommended: > > python -m pip > > be a workaround? > > I might be wrong, but it's worth a try.
Actually, that's a good point. Especially given the start of the error message... TJG -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
