Thanks for reporting. I found a corresponding bug report in Debian, so marking this as confirmed. Based on the discussion there, it looks like the root cause is some API changes in Python 3.9.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #976146 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976146 ** Also affects: python-pipx (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976146 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: python-pipx (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926806 Title: pipx terminates with "TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'encoding'" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pipx/+bug/1926806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
