error while installing python functools32 on ubuntu 16.04 using python3.7

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I tried to install python functools on ubuntu 16.04 machine and I recieved this error

Collecting functools32
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c5/60/6ac26ad05857c601308d8fb9e87fa36d0ebf889423f47c3502ef034365db/functools32-3.2.3-2.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    This backport is for Python 2.7 only.

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-a7fm4qrj/functools32/

I also tried to install from github link. It still failed. Got the below error.

Collecting git+https://github.com/michilu/python-functools32.git
  Cloning https://github.com/michilu/python-functools32.git to /tmp/pip-req-build-gyj6sclc
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    This backport is for Python 2.7 only.

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-req-build-gyj6sclc/

How do i overcome this issue and install functools?

Thanks in advance

functools python-3.x
1 Answers

Functools are installed by default in Python 3:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functools.html

The error you are receiving seems to be because you're trying to install the python 2.7 backport of functools, so the error message you're getting makes sense.

Start a python command prompt and type import functools, if that works without errors - you've already got functools installed.

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