On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:21:59 +0100, Tim Golden wrote: > 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
python -m pip works well. That's a help, I will be able to get the libraries I need. Thank you. -- Stand up against TTIP and ISDS ! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
