Compiling Kivy app to apk fails with a pip error

[ghost]

When trying to compile a simple "Hello World" app using kivy, buildozer quits with the following output:

l-@eOS:~/Sample App$ buildozer android debug
# Check configuration tokens
# Ensure build layout
# Check configuration tokens
# Preparing build
# Check requirements for android
# Install platform
# Command failed: pip install -q --user "appdirs" "colorama>=0.3.3" "sh>=1.10,<1.12.5" "jinja2" "six"
# 
# Buildozer failed to execute the last command
# If the error is not obvious, please raise the log_level to 2
# and retry the latest command.
# In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2

When I run the command separately, it finishes without any output, when I check each package independently using pip, each package is already satisfied.
Have anyone else seen this error and/or know any fixes?

[ghost]

update: when Buildozer is run as root, a different error is thrown:

l-@eOS:~/Sample App$ sudo buildozer -v android debug
# Check configuration tokens
Buildozer is running as root!
This is not recommended, and may lead to problems later.
Are you sure you want to continue [y/n]? y
# Ensure build layout
# Check configuration tokens
# Preparing build
# Check requirements for android
# Run 'dpkg --version'
# Cwd None
Debian `dpkg' package management program version 1.17.5 (amd64).
This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or
later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
# Search for Git (git)
#  -> found at /usr/bin/git
# Search for Cython (cython)
#  -> found at /usr/local/bin/cython
# Search for Java compiler (javac)
#  -> found at /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac
# Search for Java keytool (keytool)
#  -> found at /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/keytool
# Install platform
# Run 'pip install -q --user "appdirs" "colorama>=0.3.3" "sh>=1.10,<1.12.5" "jinja2" "six"'
# Cwd None
# Apache ANT found at /home/l-/.buildozer/android/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4
# Android SDK found at /home/l-/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-20
# Android NDK found at /home/l-/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r9c
# Check application requirements
# Check garden requirements
# Compile platform
# Run '/usr/bin/python -m pythonforandroid.toolchain create --dist_name=helloworld --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=kivy --arch armeabi-v7a --copy-libs --color=always --storage-dir=/home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/build'
# Cwd /home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain
[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Found Android API target in $ANDROIDAPI
[INFO]:    Available Android APIs are (19)
[INFO]:    Requested API target 19 is available, continuing.
[INFO]:    Found NDK dir in $ANDROIDNDK
[INFO]:    Got NDK version from $ANDROIDNDKVER
[INFO]:    Using Google NDK r9c
[INFO]:    Found virtualenv at /usr/local/bin/virtualenv
[INFO]:    Found the following toolchain versions: ['4.6', '4.8', 'clang3.3']
[INFO]:    Picking the latest gcc toolchain, here 4.8
[INFO]:    No existing dists meet the given requirements!
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 "/home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 978, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 975, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 512, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)
  File "/home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 147, in wrapper_func
    info_notify('No dist exists that meets your requirements, '
  File "pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 101, in info_notify
    info('{}{}{}{}'.format(Err_Style.BRIGHT, Err_Fore.LIGHTBLUE_EX, s,
  File "pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 70, in __getattr__
    return getattr(self._real, key) if self._enabled else self._dict[key]
AttributeError: 'AnsiCodes' object has no attribute 'LIGHTBLUE_EX'
# Command failed: /usr/bin/python -m pythonforandroid.toolchain create --dist_name=helloworld --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=kivy --arch armeabi-v7a --copy-libs --color=always --storage-dir=/home/l-/Sample App/.buildozer/android/platform/build
# 
# Buildozer failed to execute the last command
# The error might be hidden in the log above this error
# Please read the full log, and search for it before
# raising an issue with buildozer itself.
# In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2

[sanezek]

install the colorama version > 0.3

pip install colorama --updrage

if that didn't work, install the applications from the sources