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Error with non-ASCII character?
#1
Using 3.9.0 under Windows 10. I get an error with "pip install pyinstaller" as below (my username REDACTED in this excerpt):
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C:\Users\REDACTED>pip install pyinstaller
Collecting pyinstaller
Downloading pyinstaller-4.0.tar.gz (3.5 MB)
|████████████████████████████████| 3.5 MB 2.2 MB/s
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing wheel metadata ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' 'c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py' prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel 'C:\Users\CIARND~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6k9s7407'
cwd: C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-67epkggr\pyinstaller
Complete output (38 lines):
Error in sitecustomize; set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 0: unexpected end of data (sitecustomize.py, line 7)
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I suspect this is due to my username containing non-ASCII characters. The first such character in the username is "á", which in ANSI is 0xe1, and it looks like this is being treated as utf-8, where it would indeed be an error. (Elsewhere in this log, you see the username converted to Windows 8+3 form, but where I have redacted it, it appeared in full.)
Is there some setting to avoid this problem? Thanks.
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#2
There is no official support for 3.9 yet.
pyinstaller Wrote:Requirements and Tested Platforms
Python:
3.5-3.8

tinyaes 1.0+ (only if using bytecode encryption). Instead of installing tinyaes, pip install pyinstaller[encryption] instead.
Try developer version will have earliest support for 3.9
pip install https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/archive/develop.tar.gz
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#3
Thanks, but I still get the same error.

The problem must be at the interface between python and Windows. I have already (in a very short python programming career) encountered it in several different situations. It would seem that Windows encodes usernames in the local 8-bit codepage, which for me is ANSI alias CP1252, whereas python interprets them (in some situations, including this one) as being in utf8 — or perhaps vice versa.

Thanks for any further ideas.
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#4
(Nov-07-2020, 05:45 PM)giomach Wrote:
Error:
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 0: unexpected end of data (sitecustomize.py, line 7)
Have you made this sitecustomize.py yourself)
It's not a part of original file as least in Python 3.8,has not 3.9 yet.
This is a file i have made myself in the past look at this post.

Dos other pip install works?
pip install requests
Can try to run a virtual environment(build into Python),this is was i always do if help someone with Pyinstaller,to get all new installation.
A demo i use cmder(recommend),commnad is just the same in cmd.
# Test python
E:\div_code
λ python -V
Python 3.8.3

# Test pip
E:\div_code
λ pip -V
pip 20.2.3 from c:\python38\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.8)

# Make environment  
E:\div_code
λ python -m venv my_env

# cd in
E:\div_code
λ cd my_env\

# Activate, see (my_env) 
E:\div_code\my_env
λ E:\div_code\my_env\Scripts\activate

# Test pip again,now point to this folder
(my_env) E:\div_code\my_env
λ pip -V
pip 19.2.3 from e:\div_code\my_env\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.8)

# Install
(my_env) E:\div_code\my_env
λ pip install pyinstaller
Collecting pyinstaller
  Downloading ..... 
Successfully installed altgraph-0.17 future-0.18.2 pefile-2019.4.18 pyinstaller-4.0 pyinstaller-hooks-contrib-2020.10 pywin32-ctypes-0.2.0

# Move python file this folder and run Pyinstaller
(my_env) E:\div_code\my_env
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#5
(Nov-07-2020, 07:42 PM)snippsat Wrote:
Quote:SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 0: unexpected end of data (sitecustomize.py, line 7)
Have you made this sitecustomize.py yourself)
It's not a part of original file as least in Python 3.8,has not 3.9 yet.

No, I'm only starting out on python, I wouldn't know how or why to do that. I've checked my filesystem, and there is no such file as "sitecustomize.py". Perhaps it is temporary, created and deleted during the failed attempt to install pyinstaller.

(Nov-07-2020, 07:42 PM)snippsat Wrote: Dos other pip install works?

Yes, I've done several, or rather, I've done "py -m pip install", which gives the same error here.

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C:\Users\REDACTED>pip install requests
Requirement already satisfied: requests in c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages (2.24.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages (from requests) (2020.6.20)
Requirement already satisfied: chardet<4,>=3.0.2 in c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages (from requests) (3.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3!=1.25.0,!=1.25.1,<1.26,>=1.21.1 in c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages (from requests) (1.25.11)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<3,>=2.5 in c:\users\REDACTED\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages (from requests) (2.10)
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(Nov-07-2020, 07:42 PM)snippsat Wrote: Can try to run a virtual environment(build into Python),this is was i always do if help someone with Pyinstaller,to get all new installation.

Thanks, I appreciate your help, but I can't get involved in such complications, so I think I must make do without pyinstaller.

I still suspect that the problem is the accented characters in my Windows username and hence in the name of my Windows home folder. These characters are differently encoded in ANSI and in utf-8 and this may not have been taken into account somewhere in python (not necessarily in pyinstaller). Any attempt to utf8-decode data which is actually in ANSI is bound to fail in exactly the way the error message describes.
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#6
(Nov-07-2020, 11:00 PM)giomach Wrote: Thanks, I appreciate your help, but I can't get involved in such complications, so I think I must make do without pyinstaller.
It's not an complication virtual environment is used all time in Python,it just takes just some minute to do.
(Nov-07-2020, 11:00 PM)giomach Wrote: I still suspect that the problem is the accented characters in my Windows username and hence in the name of my Windows home folder.
With virtual environment you get a new path without username,then you can test if your suspicion is right.
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#7
I tried the virtual environment but the result is still the same. Here's the whole output. The highlighting is not significant.
Remember that REDACTED stands for my Windows username, which contains the character á (0xe1 in ANSI).

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.572]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\REDACTED>cd c:\tempenv

c:\tempenv>python -V
Python 3.9.0

c:\tempenv>pip -V
pip 20.2.3 from c:\users\redacted\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.9)

c:\tempenv>python -m venv tempenv

c:\tempenv>cd tempenv

c:\tempenv\tempenv>c:\tempenv\tempenv\scripts\activate

(tempenv) c:\tempenv\tempenv>pip -V
pip 20.2.3 from c:\tempenv\tempenv\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.9)

(tempenv) c:\tempenv\tempenv>pip install pyinstaller
Collecting pyinstaller
  Using cached pyinstaller-4.0.tar.gz (3.5 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
    Preparing wheel metadata ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\tempenv\tempenv\scripts\python.exe' 'c:\tempenv\tempenv\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py' prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel 'C:\Users\CIARND~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpdci12139'
         cwd: C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-egc1g39g\pyinstaller
    Complete output (38 lines):
    Error in sitecustomize; set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:
    SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 0: unexpected end of data (sitecustomize.py, line 21)
    running dist_info
    creating C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info
    writing C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\PKG-INFO
    writing dependency_links to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
    writing entry points to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\entry_points.txt
    writing requirements to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\requires.txt
    writing top-level names to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\top_level.txt
    writing manifest file 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    reading manifest file 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
    warning: no files found matching 'pyinstaller-gui.py'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\build'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\.waf-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\.waf3-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\waf-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\waf3-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\_sdks'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\.vagrant'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'bootloader\.lock-waf*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'doc\source'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'doc\_build'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*.tmp' found under directory 'doc'
    warning: no files found matching 'news\_template.rst'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'news'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'old'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'scripts'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'tests\scripts'
    no previously-included directories found matching '.github'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '.*'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '*.yml'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '*~'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '.directory'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*.py[co]' found anywhere in distribution
    writing manifest file 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    creating 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-1n7dv1ne\pyinstaller.dist-info'
    error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\tempenv\tempenv\scripts\python.exe' 'c:\tempenv\tempenv\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py' prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel 'C:\Users\CIARND~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpdci12139' Check the logs for full command output.
WARNING: You are using pip version 20.2.3; however, version 20.2.4 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'c:\tempenv\tempenv\scripts\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

(tempenv) c:\tempenv\tempenv>
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#8
Quick test taking down 3.9(64-version) from python.org,and install Pyinstaller.
C:\Python39
λ cd Scripts\

# Test pip
C:\Python39\Scripts
λ pip -V
pip 20.2.3 from c:\python39\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.9)

# Install
C:\Python39\Scripts
λ pip install pyinstaller
Collecting pyinstaller
  Using cached pyinstaller-4.0.tar.gz (3.5 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
    Preparing wheel metadata ... done
Collecting pefile>=2017.8.1; sys_platform == "win32"
  Using cached pefile-2019.4.18.tar.gz (62 kB)
Collecting altgraph
  Using cached altgraph-0.17-py2.py3-none-any.whl (21 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\python39\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (49.2.1)
Collecting pywin32-ctypes>=0.2.0; sys_platform == "win32"
  Using cached pywin32_ctypes-0.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (28 kB)
Collecting pyinstaller-hooks-contrib>=2020.6
  Using cached pyinstaller_hooks_contrib-2020.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl (166 kB)
Collecting future
  Using cached future-0.18.2.tar.gz (829 kB)
Using legacy 'setup.py install' for pefile, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Using legacy 'setup.py install' for future, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Building wheels for collected packages: pyinstaller
  Building wheel for pyinstaller (PEP 517) ... done
  Created wheel for pyinstaller: filename=pyinstaller-4.0-py3-none-any.whl size=2789243 sha256=daf919813c3480e195c2128eb8acd2a6d3e1a50bbd85255030ebbadce2a78ae7
  Stored in directory: c:\users\tom\appdata\local\pip\cache\wheels\2a\50\fe\f2c2a71fc0d2ab3fb7f1ca281fc8cf50c2370d03923179863b
Successfully built pyinstaller
Installing collected packages: future, pefile, altgraph, pywin32-ctypes, pyinstaller-hooks-contrib, pyinstaller
    Running setup.py install for future ... done
    Running setup.py install for pefile ... done
  Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
Successfully installed altgraph-0.17 future-0.18.2 pefile-2019.4.18 pyinstaller-4.0 pyinstaller-hooks-contrib-2020.10 pywin32-ctypes-0.2.0

# Test that get no errors
C:\Python39\Scripts
λ pyinstaller --version
4.0
As you see it work for me.

I have no other idea now than uninstall and when install again choose a simpler Path(no OS username).
As you see i choose C:\python39
Look at Python 3.8 (3.6-3.7) and pip installation under Windows
It's the same for 3.9,you go into customize installation and choose Path wanted.
Also run installation as admin(right click on file),and mark on install for all users to avoid permission Issus.
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#9
Python reinstalled to C:\Program Files\Python39 (which is where I want it anyway), everything done as administrator, installed for all users, added to PATH. But same error again in installing pyinstaller. REDACTED below replaces my Windows username, which contains the character á (0xe1 in ANSI), which is being misinterpreted as being in utf8 instead of ANSI, whence error. Please ignore highlighting. There is no sitecustomize.py in my file system.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.572]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>python
Python 3.9.0 (tags/v3.9.0:9cf6752, Oct  5 2020, 15:34:40) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> exit()

C:\WINDOWS\system32>python -V
Python 3.9.0

C:\WINDOWS\system32>py -m pip install --upgrade pip
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in c:\program files\python39\lib\site-packages (20.2.4)

C:\WINDOWS\system32>py -m pip install pyinstaller
Collecting pyinstaller
  Using cached pyinstaller-4.0.tar.gz (3.5 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
    Preparing wheel metadata ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'C:\Program Files\Python39\python.exe' 'C:\Program Files\Python39\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py' prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel 'C:\Users\CIARND~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpm0upp60n'
         cwd: C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-jw1e9dw4\pyinstaller
    Complete output (38 lines):
    Error in sitecustomize; set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:
    SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 0: unexpected end of data (sitecustomize.py, line 21)
    running dist_info
    creating C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info
    writing C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\PKG-INFO
    writing dependency_links to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
    writing entry points to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\entry_points.txt
    writing requirements to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\requires.txt
    writing top-level names to C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\top_level.txt
    writing manifest file 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    reading manifest file 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
    warning: no files found matching 'pyinstaller-gui.py'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\build'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\.waf-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\.waf3-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\waf-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\waf3-*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\_sdks'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'bootloader\.vagrant'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching 'bootloader\.lock-waf*'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'doc\source'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'doc\_build'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*.tmp' found under directory 'doc'
    warning: no files found matching 'news\_template.rst'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'news'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'old'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'scripts'
    no previously-included directories found matching 'tests\scripts'
    no previously-included directories found matching '.github'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '.*'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '*.yml'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '*~'
    warning: no previously-included files found matching '.directory'
    warning: no previously-included files matching '*.py[co]' found anywhere in distribution
    writing manifest file 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    creating 'C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-modern-metadata-48slrgbm\pyinstaller.dist-info'
    error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'C:\Program Files\Python39\python.exe' 'C:\Program Files\Python39\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py' prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel 'C:\Users\CIARND~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpm0upp60n' Check the logs for full command output.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
I think it's time to file a bug report. How do I do that?
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#10
(Nov-08-2020, 07:18 PM)giomach Wrote: I think it's time to file a bug report. How do I do that?
Under issues see search if someone has same error first.

Try with:
pip --no-cache-dir install pyinstaller
Clean you Temp folder.
C:\Users\REDACTED\AppData\Local\Temp\
Search to see it you have sitecustomize.py,t is not part of 3.9 file(i have search),so just remove file if have it try again.
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