error: unmappable character for encoding UTF8, when trying to build Universal Wiki converter

Question

I am trying to build uwc, and getting lots of errors ALL related to UTF-8. How can i include the UTF-8 lib, to get rid of the errors. [javac2] /home/kahmed/universal-wiki-converter/src/com/atlassian/uwc/exporters/MindtouchExporterTest.java:251: error: unmappable character for encoding UTF8 [javac2] "

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" + [javac2] ^ [javac2] /home/kahmed/universal-wiki-converter/src/com/atlassian/uwc/exporters/MindtouchExporterTest.java:256: error: unmappable character for encoding UTF8 [javac2] "

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" + [javac2] ^ [javac2] /home/kahmed/universal-wiki-converter/src/com/atlassian/uwc/exporters/MindtouchExporterTest.java:265: error: unmappable character for encoding UTF8 [javac2] "

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" + [javac2] ^ [javac2] 54 errors BUILD FAILED /home/kahmed/universal-wiki-converter/build.xml:156: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Jon Kokko · Answer

For those struggling with this issue, you need to recode the files from UTF8 into Latin. This is easily done with the recode utility on Linux.

John Moore6 · Answer

Hi Kamal,

just posted the same error. Did you find what the issue was?

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john