ageitgey / ageitgey/face_recognition
error during installation UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 32: invalid continuation byte
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Description
- face_recognition version: the last
- Python version: 3.6
- Operating System: windows 10 x64 system language - russian
Description
I tried to install via pip and got this error:
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\compat\__init__.py", line 73, in console_to_str
return s.decode(sys.__stdout__.encoding)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 32: invalid continuation byte
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install
**kwargs
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 878, in install
spinner=spinner,
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 676, in call_subprocess
line = console_to_str(proc.stdout.readline())
File "c:\users\lik47\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\pip\compat\__init__.py", line 75, in console_to_str
return s.decode('utf_8')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcd in position 32: invalid continuation byte
What I Did
pip install face_recognition
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Start by reproducing pip install face_recognition with Python 3.6 on Windows 10 using a Russian system locale, then review the package's installation metadata and build entry points. Determine whether the failure is caused by this repository or pip, and consider the issue done only when the responsible installation path is identified and a documented or verified resolution is available.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
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