Installs fail in ubuntu12.04 for python3.2

[Loïc AroundThe Sun]

I am in ubuntu12.04 with python3.2
dateutil-2.1

** I install with easy_install3 python-dateutil **

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/easy_install3", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('distribute==0.6.24dev-r0', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1931, in main
    with_ei_usage(lambda:
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1912, in with_ei_usage
    return f()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1935, in <lambda>
    distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/distutils/dist.py", line 917, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/distutils/dist.py", line 936, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 368, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 608, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 638, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 828, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1105, in build_and_install
    self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1094, in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 31, in run_setup
    lambda: exec(compile(open(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 73, in run
    return func()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 34, in <lambda>
    {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'})
  File "setup.py", line 16, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode
    return codecs.ascii_decode(input, self.errors)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 193: ordinal not in range(128)

or
** pip3.2 install python-dateutil **

Downloading/unpacking python-dateutil
  Downloading python-dateutil-2.1.tar.gz (152kB): 152kB downloaded
  Running setup.py egg_info for package python-dateutil
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip_build_root/python-dateutil/setup.py", line 16, in <module>
        open(TOPDIR + "/dateutil/__init__.py").read()).group(1)
      File "/usr/lib/python3.2/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode
        return codecs.ascii_decode(input, self.errors)[0]
    UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 193: ordinal not in range(128)
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 16, in <module>

  File "/tmp/pip_build_root/python-dateutil/setup.py", line 16, in <module>

    open(TOPDIR + "/dateutil/__init__.py").read()).group(1)

  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode

    return codecs.ascii_decode(input, self.errors)[0]

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 193: ordinal not in range(128)

----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/python-dateutil
Storing complete log in /root/.pip/pip.log

** In /root/.pip/pip.log **
Exception information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/pip-1.4.1-py3.2.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 134, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/pip-1.4.1-py3.2.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 236, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/pip-1.4.1-py3.2.egg/pip/req.py", line 1134, in prepare_files
    req_to_install.run_egg_info()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/pip-1.4.1-py3.2.egg/pip/req.py", line 259, in run_egg_info
    command_desc='python setup.py egg_info')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/pip-1.4.1-py3.2.egg/pip/util.py", line 670, in call_subprocess
    % (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd))
pip.exceptions.InstallationError: Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip_build_root/python-dateutil

[Pander (pander)]

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[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

Ubuntu 12.04 is EOL