AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_asciire'

[wdlkmpx]

I just upgraded to youtube-dl v2015.07.18
I'm using Python 2.7 from Ubuntu Precise.

This is the error I'm getting:

youtube-dl --version

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/main.py", line 16, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 16, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/options.py", line 8, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/init.py", line 3, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 8, in
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 82, in
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_asciire'

That error does not happen with youtube-dl 2015.07.07

youtube-dl --version

2015.07.07

[dstftw]

This is already fixed and will be available in the next version.
You can also fix this by updating python to 2.7.4 or later. Or you can use previous version https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2015.07.07/youtube-dl.