sshuttle syntax error in kali linux 2020.2

[0xfL0ki]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/sshuttle", line 11, in
load_entry_point('sshuttle==1.0.4.dev19+gbe4b081', 'console_scripts', 'sshuttle')()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 489, in load_entry_point
return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2852, in load_entry_point
return ep.load()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2443, in load
return self.resolve()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2449, in resolve
module = import(self.module_name, fromlist=['name'], level=0)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sshuttle-1.0.4.dev19+gbe4b081-py2.7.egg/sshuttle/cmdline.py", line 5, in
import sshuttle.client as client
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sshuttle-1.0.4.dev19+gbe4b081-py2.7.egg/sshuttle/client.py", line 302
assert(not re.search(rb'[^-\w\.]', hostname))
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Tried clean installing it couple of time from github & apt. Getting the same error. Any idea how to fix it?

[brianmay]

This is because you need Python >= 3.4. Python 2.7 doesn't understand the 'rb' syntax.