'module' object has no attribute '_asciire'

[linuxsoldier]

Hi. I was trying to download a video from youtube yesterday after I updated youtube-dl with sudo youtube-dl -U and I got the next error:

$ youtube-dl (video url)
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
# $Id$
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'

This didn't happen until I update youtube-dl yesterday.
It seems like if the the program is trying to access to an nonexistent instance variable. Further I can't do anything. Cannot check the version, neither update it.

Thanks for your time.

Specifications:
Python version: Python 2.7.3
OS: Kali GNU/Linux moto
Kernel: 3.18.6-1~kali2 (2015-03-02)

Here you have an screenshot:

[dstftw]

You are using an outdated version of youtube-dl (this was fixed in 2015.07.21). Read our FAQ if you have troubles updating.