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gem install encoding error

I recently install ruby in my computer and when I tried to install sass or compass I encountered this error.

Home@HOME-PC ~
$ gem -v
2.2.2

Home@HOME-PC ~
$ gem install compass
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Encoding::UndefinedConversionError)
U+200F to IBM862 in conversion from UTF-16LE to UTF-8 to IBM862

Home@HOME-PC ~
$ gem install sass
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Encoding::UndefinedConversionError)
U+200F to IBM862 in conversion from UTF-16LE to UTF-8 to IBM862

what caused this error? and how do I fix it?

Solution

  • There is a bug in windows some have encountered https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/issues/1025

    some have reported being able to change the codepage to fix it. From prompt run:

    chcp 1252

    then do your gem install again