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UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2502' in position 559: character maps to <undefined>

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Environment information

brownie Version: x.x.x
ganache-cli Version: Ganache CLI v6.12.2 (ganache-core: 2.13.2)
solc Version: x.x.x
Python Version: 3.10.2
OS: Windows 10

What was wrong?

When I run pipx install eth-brownie I get the follwoing error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\User\appdata\roaming\python\python310\scripts\pipx.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\pipx\main.py", line 779, in cli
    return run_pipx_command(parsed_pipx_args)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\pipx\main.py", line 202, in run_pipx_command
    return commands.install(
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\pipx\commands\install.py", line 60, in install
    venv.install_package(
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\pipx\venv.py", line 238, in install_package
    subprocess_post_check_handle_pip_error(pip_process)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\pipx\util.py", line 349, in subprocess_post_check_handle_pip_error
    print(completed_process.stderr, file=pip_error_fh, end="")
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode
    return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2502' in position 559: character maps to <undefined>

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Created 2 years ago
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kikaragyozovcommented, Feb 10, 2022

@capit0 I had the same issue. Just delete your pipx folder and try again. Should work.

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RomanRemezcommented, Feb 15, 2022

python 3.9.10 worked for me too had to remove 3.10 also removed C:\Users\username.local\pipx\shared\Scripts\pip310

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