Python 3.6 Error when installing pip install gearman

I have been trying to install gearman on python 3.6 but I'm getting this error:

$ pip install gearman
Collecting gearman
  Using cached gearman-2.0.2.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-build-xmf1cqe7/gearman/setup.py", line 5, in <module>
        from gearman import __version__ as version
      File "/tmp/pip-build-xmf1cqe7/gearman/gearman/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
        from gearman.admin_client import GearmanAdminClient
      File "/tmp/pip-build-xmf1cqe7/gearman/gearman/admin_client.py", line 4, in <module>
        from gearman import util
      File "/tmp/pip-build-xmf1cqe7/gearman/gearman/util.py", line 62
        except select_lib.error, exc:
                               ^
    SyntaxError: invalid syntax

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-xmf1cqe7/gearman/

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

pip -V -> pip 9.0.1 from [my_project_folder]/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)

python --version -> Python 3.6.2

How do I fix that?

The gearman package does not support Python 3. Only python 2.4-2.7 are supported according to their setup.py. There is an open pull request to add python 3 support but it has been untouched for a year. I believe that Yelp! may have stopped supporting this library.