Thanks @trentmu, this resolved the issue.
Had a second issue
Traceback (most recent call last):",
File \"/usr/local/bin/bench\", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('bench', 'console_scripts', 'bench')()
File \"/home/frappe/.bench/bench/cli.py\", line 40, in cli
bench_command()
File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/click/core.py\", line 764, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/click/core.py\", line 696, in main
_verify_python3_env()
File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/click/_unicodefun.py\", line 124, in _verify_python3_env
' mitigation steps.' + extra
RuntimeError: Click will abort further execution because Python 3 was configured to use ASCII as encoding for the environment. Consult https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/7.x/python3/ for mitigation steps.
This system supports the C.UTF-8 locale which is recommended.
You might be able to resolve your issue by exporting the
following environment variables:
export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
export LANG=C.UTF-8
This actually resolved as it says with (not using sudo)
$ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
$ export LANG=C.UTF-8
Now it works like a charm!