error when installing via pip (using windows)

[Kraut-Inferences]

when installing i get the following error:
Collecting git+https://github.com/ml-jku/hopfield-layers
Cloning https://github.com/ml-jku/hopfield-layers to c:\users\magma\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-build-hqlogu8q
Running command git clone --filter=blob:none -q https://github.com/ml-jku/hopfield-layers 'C:\Users\Magma\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-hqlogu8q'
Resolved https://github.com/ml-jku/hopfield-layers to commit f56f929
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'C:\users\magma\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\python.exe' -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\Magma\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-hqlogu8q\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\Magma\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-hqlogu8q\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file) if os.path.exists(file) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\Magma\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-zr1l4u'
cwd: C:\Users\Magma\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-hqlogu8q
Complete output (7 lines):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\Magma\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-hqlogu8q\setup.py", line 4, in
long_description = readme_handle.read()
File "C:\users\magma\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode
return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position 3096: character maps to

WARNING: Discarding git+https://github.com/ml-jku/hopfield-layers. Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

[Nix-da]

Hi, I had the same problem and created a fork of this repo where I fiexed it. If you still have the problem you may check it out (until the original Lib does)

[Tigxy]

Hi!
I had the same issue. I bypassed it by setting the environment variable PYTHONUTF8 to 1, i.e., execute
set PYTHONUTF8=1. @Nix-da 's solution is definitely better, but it did the job.

Check out https://stackoverflow.com/a/64549704 for some more information :)